diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index 8f9aa97a519d..fb5517d51095 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -3059,10 +3059,15 @@ static void atapi_qc_complete(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 		if (qc->cdb[0] == ALLOW_MEDIUM_REMOVAL && qc->dev->sdev)
 			qc->dev->sdev->locked = 0;
 
-		if (cmd->result)
-			ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, false, 0);
-		else
-			ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, true, SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION);
+		/*
+		 * Report CHECK CONDITION unless the command was terminated
+		 * with a host byte set. Only set the status byte, so that the
+		 * SCSI midlayer internal byte, which scsi_check_sense() may
+		 * have set from the sense data, is preserved.
+		 */
+		if (get_host_byte(cmd) == DID_OK)
+			set_status_byte(cmd, SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION);
+		ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, false, 0);
 		goto schedule_deferred;
 	}