diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index e2ebb0b065e2..06a3d95ed8f9 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -3264,6 +3264,7 @@ static unsigned int ata_scsiop_maint_in(struct ata_scsi_args *args, u8 *rbuf)
 	case REPORT_LUNS:
 	case REQUEST_SENSE:
 	case SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE:
+	case SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE_16:
 	case REZERO_UNIT:
 	case SEEK_6:
 	case SEEK_10:
@@ -3922,6 +3923,7 @@ static inline ata_xlat_func_t ata_get_xlat_func(struct ata_device *dev, u8 cmd)
 		return ata_scsi_write_same_xlat;
 
 	case SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE:
+	case SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE_16:
 		if (ata_try_flush_cache(dev))
 			return ata_scsi_flush_xlat;
 		break;
@@ -3962,9 +3964,19 @@ static inline ata_xlat_func_t ata_get_xlat_func(struct ata_device *dev, u8 cmd)
 
 int __ata_scsi_queuecmd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, struct ata_device *dev)
 {
+	struct ata_port *ap = dev->link->ap;
 	u8 scsi_op = scmd->cmnd[0];
 	ata_xlat_func_t xlat_func;
 
+	/*
+	 * scsi_queue_rq() will defer commands if scsi_host_in_recovery().
+	 * However, this check is done without holding the ap->lock (a libata
+	 * specific lock), so we can have received an error irq since then,
+	 * therefore we must check if EH is pending, while holding ap->lock.
+	 */
+	if (ap->pflags & (ATA_PFLAG_EH_PENDING | ATA_PFLAG_EH_IN_PROGRESS))
+		return SCSI_MLQUEUE_DEVICE_BUSY;
+
 	if (unlikely(!scmd->cmd_len))
 		goto bad_cdb_len;
 
@@ -4145,6 +4157,7 @@ void ata_scsi_simulate(struct ata_device *dev, struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	 * turning this into a no-op.
 	 */
 	case SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE:
+	case SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE_16:
 		fallthrough;
 
 	/* no-op's, complete with success */
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c b/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c
index a7e9a75410a3..e4fb9d1b9b39 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c
@@ -301,7 +301,9 @@ int ata_tport_add(struct device *parent,
 	pm_runtime_enable(dev);
 	pm_runtime_forbid(dev);
 
-	transport_add_device(dev);
+	error = transport_add_device(dev);
+	if (error)
+		goto tport_transport_add_err;
 	transport_configure_device(dev);
 
 	error = ata_tlink_add(&ap->link);
@@ -312,12 +314,12 @@ int ata_tport_add(struct device *parent,
 
  tport_link_err:
 	transport_remove_device(dev);
+ tport_transport_add_err:
 	device_del(dev);
 
  tport_err:
 	transport_destroy_device(dev);
 	put_device(dev);
-	ata_host_put(ap->host);
 	return error;
 }
 
@@ -456,7 +458,9 @@ int ata_tlink_add(struct ata_link *link)
 		goto tlink_err;
 	}
 
-	transport_add_device(dev);
+	error = transport_add_device(dev);
+	if (error)
+		goto tlink_transport_err;
 	transport_configure_device(dev);
 
 	ata_for_each_dev(ata_dev, link, ALL) {
@@ -471,6 +475,7 @@ int ata_tlink_add(struct ata_link *link)
 		ata_tdev_delete(ata_dev);
 	}
 	transport_remove_device(dev);
+  tlink_transport_err:
 	device_del(dev);
   tlink_err:
 	transport_destroy_device(dev);
@@ -708,7 +713,13 @@ static int ata_tdev_add(struct ata_device *ata_dev)
 		return error;
 	}
 
-	transport_add_device(dev);
+	error = transport_add_device(dev);
+	if (error) {
+		device_del(dev);
+		ata_tdev_free(ata_dev);
+		return error;
+	}
+
 	transport_configure_device(dev);
 	return 0;
 }