diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c b/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c
index 150a917f0c3c..e37413228228 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c
@@ -321,25 +321,25 @@ int ata_tport_add(struct device *parent,
 /*
  * ATA link attributes
  */
+static int noop(int x) { return x; }
 
-
-#define ata_link_show_linkspeed(field)					\
+#define ata_link_show_linkspeed(field, format)			        \
 static ssize_t								\
 show_ata_link_##field(struct device *dev,				\
 		      struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)		\
 {									\
 	struct ata_link *link = transport_class_to_link(dev);		\
 									\
-	return sprintf(buf,"%s\n", sata_spd_string(fls(link->field)));	\
+	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", sata_spd_string(format(link->field))); \
 }
 
-#define ata_link_linkspeed_attr(field)					\
-	ata_link_show_linkspeed(field)					\
+#define ata_link_linkspeed_attr(field, format)				\
+	ata_link_show_linkspeed(field, format)				\
 static DEVICE_ATTR(field, S_IRUGO, show_ata_link_##field, NULL)
 
-ata_link_linkspeed_attr(hw_sata_spd_limit);
-ata_link_linkspeed_attr(sata_spd_limit);
-ata_link_linkspeed_attr(sata_spd);
+ata_link_linkspeed_attr(hw_sata_spd_limit, fls);
+ata_link_linkspeed_attr(sata_spd_limit, fls);
+ata_link_linkspeed_attr(sata_spd, noop);
 
 
 static DECLARE_TRANSPORT_CLASS(ata_link_class,