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diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index d2141a04fff1..c0f3c78a2be0 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -5906,6 +5906,10 @@ int ata_flush_cache(struct ata_device *dev)
else
cmd = ATA_CMD_FLUSH;
+ /* This is wrong. On a failed flush we get back the LBA of the lost
+ sector and we should (assuming it wasn't aborted as unknown) issue
+ a further flush command to continue the writeback until it
+ does not error */
err_mask = ata_do_simple_cmd(dev, cmd);
if (err_mask) {
ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_ERR, "failed to flush cache\n");