diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci.c b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
index 6acea41eb7ca..aeadd00411a1 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.c
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ static struct device_attribute *ahci_shost_attrs[] = {
 
 static struct device_attribute *ahci_sdev_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_sw_activity,
+	&dev_attr_unload_heads,
 	NULL
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 6eed58e35e12..1ee9499bd343 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -5378,6 +5378,7 @@ struct ata_port *ata_port_alloc(struct ata_host *host)
 	INIT_WORK(&ap->scsi_rescan_task, ata_scsi_dev_rescan);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ap->eh_done_q);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&ap->eh_wait_q);
+	init_completion(&ap->park_req_pending);
 	init_timer_deferrable(&ap->fastdrain_timer);
 	ap->fastdrain_timer.function = ata_eh_fastdrain_timerfn;
 	ap->fastdrain_timer.data = (unsigned long)ap;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 99037a4860d9..33ac5ea4f531 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -2536,6 +2536,80 @@ int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_link *link, int classify,
 	goto retry;
 }
 
+static inline void ata_eh_pull_park_action(struct ata_port *ap)
+{
+	struct ata_link *link;
+	struct ata_device *dev;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	/*
+	 * This function can be thought of as an extended version of
+	 * ata_eh_about_to_do() specially crafted to accommodate the
+	 * requirements of ATA_EH_PARK handling. Since the EH thread
+	 * does not leave the do {} while () loop in ata_eh_recover as
+	 * long as the timeout for a park request to *one* device on
+	 * the port has not expired, and since we still want to pick
+	 * up park requests to other devices on the same port or
+	 * timeout updates for the same device, we have to pull
+	 * ATA_EH_PARK actions from eh_info into eh_context.i
+	 * ourselves at the beginning of each pass over the loop.
+	 *
+	 * Additionally, all write accesses to &ap->park_req_pending
+	 * through INIT_COMPLETION() (see below) or complete_all()
+	 * (see ata_scsi_park_store()) are protected by the host lock.
+	 * As a result we have that park_req_pending.done is zero on
+	 * exit from this function, i.e. when ATA_EH_PARK actions for
+	 * *all* devices on port ap have been pulled into the
+	 * respective eh_context structs. If, and only if,
+	 * park_req_pending.done is non-zero by the time we reach
+	 * wait_for_completion_timeout(), another ATA_EH_PARK action
+	 * has been scheduled for at least one of the devices on port
+	 * ap and we have to cycle over the do {} while () loop in
+	 * ata_eh_recover() again.
+	 */
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(ap->lock, flags);
+	INIT_COMPLETION(ap->park_req_pending);
+	ata_port_for_each_link(link, ap) {
+		ata_link_for_each_dev(dev, link) {
+			struct ata_eh_info *ehi = &link->eh_info;
+
+			link->eh_context.i.dev_action[dev->devno] |=
+				ehi->dev_action[dev->devno] & ATA_EH_PARK;
+			ata_eh_clear_action(link, dev, ehi, ATA_EH_PARK);
+		}
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(ap->lock, flags);
+}
+
+static void ata_eh_park_issue_cmd(struct ata_device *dev, int park)
+{
+	struct ata_eh_context *ehc = &dev->link->eh_context;
+	struct ata_taskfile tf;
+	unsigned int err_mask;
+
+	ata_tf_init(dev, &tf);
+	if (park) {
+		ehc->unloaded_mask |= 1 << dev->devno;
+		tf.command = ATA_CMD_IDLEIMMEDIATE;
+		tf.feature = 0x44;
+		tf.lbal = 0x4c;
+		tf.lbam = 0x4e;
+		tf.lbah = 0x55;
+	} else {
+		ehc->unloaded_mask &= ~(1 << dev->devno);
+		tf.command = ATA_CMD_CHK_POWER;
+	}
+
+	tf.flags |= ATA_TFLAG_DEVICE | ATA_TFLAG_ISADDR;
+	tf.protocol |= ATA_PROT_NODATA;
+	err_mask = ata_exec_internal(dev, &tf, NULL, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, 0);
+	if (park && (err_mask || tf.lbal != 0xc4)) {
+		ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_ERR, "head unload failed!\n");
+		ehc->unloaded_mask &= ~(1 << dev->devno);
+	}
+}
+
 static int ata_eh_revalidate_and_attach(struct ata_link *link,
 					struct ata_device **r_failed_dev)
 {
@@ -2845,7 +2919,7 @@ int ata_eh_recover(struct ata_port *ap, ata_prereset_fn_t prereset,
 	struct ata_device *dev;
 	int nr_failed_devs;
 	int rc;
-	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long flags, deadline;
 
 	DPRINTK("ENTER\n");
 
@@ -2919,6 +2993,56 @@ int ata_eh_recover(struct ata_port *ap, ata_prereset_fn_t prereset,
 		}
 	}
 
+	do {
+		unsigned long now;
+
+		/*
+		 * clears ATA_EH_PARK in eh_info and resets
+		 * ap->park_req_pending
+		 */
+		ata_eh_pull_park_action(ap);
+
+		deadline = jiffies;
+		ata_port_for_each_link(link, ap) {
+			ata_link_for_each_dev(dev, link) {
+				struct ata_eh_context *ehc = &link->eh_context;
+				unsigned long tmp;
+
+				if (dev->class != ATA_DEV_ATA)
+					continue;
+				if (!(ehc->i.dev_action[dev->devno] &
+				      ATA_EH_PARK))
+					continue;
+				tmp = dev->unpark_deadline;
+				if (time_before(deadline, tmp))
+					deadline = tmp;
+				else if (time_before_eq(tmp, jiffies))
+					continue;
+				if (ehc->unloaded_mask & (1 << dev->devno))
+					continue;
+
+				ata_eh_park_issue_cmd(dev, 1);
+			}
+		}
+
+		now = jiffies;
+		if (time_before_eq(deadline, now))
+			break;
+
+		deadline = wait_for_completion_timeout(&ap->park_req_pending,
+						       deadline - now);
+	} while (deadline);
+	ata_port_for_each_link(link, ap) {
+		ata_link_for_each_dev(dev, link) {
+			if (!(link->eh_context.unloaded_mask &
+			      (1 << dev->devno)))
+				continue;
+
+			ata_eh_park_issue_cmd(dev, 0);
+			ata_eh_done(link, dev, ATA_EH_PARK);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* the rest */
 	ata_port_for_each_link(link, ap) {
 		struct ata_eh_context *ehc = &link->eh_context;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index b9d3ba423cb2..fccd5e496c62 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -183,6 +183,105 @@ DEVICE_ATTR(link_power_management_policy, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 		ata_scsi_lpm_show, ata_scsi_lpm_put);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_attr_link_power_management_policy);
 
+static ssize_t ata_scsi_park_show(struct device *device,
+				  struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct scsi_device *sdev = to_scsi_device(device);
+	struct ata_port *ap;
+	struct ata_link *link;
+	struct ata_device *dev;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned int uninitialized_var(msecs);
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	ap = ata_shost_to_port(sdev->host);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(ap->lock, flags);
+	dev = ata_scsi_find_dev(ap, sdev);
+	if (!dev) {
+		rc = -ENODEV;
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+	if (dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_NO_UNLOAD) {
+		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
+	link = dev->link;
+	if (ap->pflags & ATA_PFLAG_EH_IN_PROGRESS &&
+	    link->eh_context.unloaded_mask & (1 << dev->devno) &&
+	    time_after(dev->unpark_deadline, jiffies))
+		msecs = jiffies_to_msecs(dev->unpark_deadline - jiffies);
+	else
+		msecs = 0;
+
+unlock:
+	spin_unlock_irq(ap->lock);
+
+	return rc ? rc : snprintf(buf, 20, "%u\n", msecs);
+}
+
+static ssize_t ata_scsi_park_store(struct device *device,
+				   struct device_attribute *attr,
+				   const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	struct scsi_device *sdev = to_scsi_device(device);
+	struct ata_port *ap;
+	struct ata_device *dev;
+	long int input;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = strict_strtol(buf, 10, &input);
+	if (rc || input < -2)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (input > ATA_TMOUT_MAX_PARK) {
+		rc = -EOVERFLOW;
+		input = ATA_TMOUT_MAX_PARK;
+	}
+
+	ap = ata_shost_to_port(sdev->host);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(ap->lock, flags);
+	dev = ata_scsi_find_dev(ap, sdev);
+	if (unlikely(!dev)) {
+		rc = -ENODEV;
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+	if (dev->class != ATA_DEV_ATA) {
+		rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
+	if (input >= 0) {
+		if (dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_NO_UNLOAD) {
+			rc = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			goto unlock;
+		}
+
+		dev->unpark_deadline = ata_deadline(jiffies, input);
+		dev->link->eh_info.dev_action[dev->devno] |= ATA_EH_PARK;
+		ata_port_schedule_eh(ap);
+		complete(&ap->park_req_pending);
+	} else {
+		switch (input) {
+		case -1:
+			dev->flags &= ~ATA_DFLAG_NO_UNLOAD;
+			break;
+		case -2:
+			dev->flags |= ATA_DFLAG_NO_UNLOAD;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+unlock:
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(ap->lock, flags);
+
+	return rc ? rc : len;
+}
+DEVICE_ATTR(unload_heads, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+	    ata_scsi_park_show, ata_scsi_park_store);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_attr_unload_heads);
+
 static void ata_scsi_set_sense(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, u8 sk, u8 asc, u8 ascq)
 {
 	cmd->result = (DRIVER_SENSE << 24) | SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION;
@@ -269,6 +368,12 @@ DEVICE_ATTR(sw_activity, S_IWUGO | S_IRUGO, ata_scsi_activity_show,
 			ata_scsi_activity_store);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_attr_sw_activity);
 
+struct device_attribute *ata_common_sdev_attrs[] = {
+	&dev_attr_unload_heads,
+	NULL
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_common_sdev_attrs);
+
 static void ata_scsi_invalid_field(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd,
 				   void (*done)(struct scsi_cmnd *))
 {
@@ -954,6 +1059,9 @@ static int atapi_drain_needed(struct request *rq)
 static int ata_scsi_dev_config(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 			       struct ata_device *dev)
 {
+	if (!ata_id_has_unload(dev->id))
+		dev->flags |= ATA_DFLAG_NO_UNLOAD;
+
 	/* configure max sectors */
 	blk_queue_max_sectors(sdev->request_queue, dev->max_sectors);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 244ff601559a..1f44cfb847e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ enum {
 	ATA_DFLAG_SPUNDOWN	= (1 << 14), /* XXX: for spindown_compat */
 	ATA_DFLAG_SLEEPING	= (1 << 15), /* device is sleeping */
 	ATA_DFLAG_DUBIOUS_XFER	= (1 << 16), /* data transfer not verified */
+	ATA_DFLAG_NO_UNLOAD	= (1 << 17), /* device doesn't support unload */
 	ATA_DFLAG_INIT_MASK	= (1 << 24) - 1,
 
 	ATA_DFLAG_DETACH	= (1 << 24),
@@ -244,6 +245,7 @@ enum {
 	ATA_TMOUT_BOOT		= 30000,	/* heuristic */
 	ATA_TMOUT_BOOT_QUICK	=  7000,	/* heuristic */
 	ATA_TMOUT_INTERNAL_QUICK = 5000,
+	ATA_TMOUT_MAX_PARK	= 30000,
 
 	/* FIXME: GoVault needs 2s but we can't afford that without
 	 * parallel probing.  800ms is enough for iVDR disk
@@ -319,8 +321,9 @@ enum {
 	ATA_EH_RESET		= ATA_EH_SOFTRESET | ATA_EH_HARDRESET,
 	ATA_EH_ENABLE_LINK	= (1 << 3),
 	ATA_EH_LPM		= (1 << 4),  /* link power management action */
+	ATA_EH_PARK		= (1 << 5), /* unload heads and stop I/O */
 
-	ATA_EH_PERDEV_MASK	= ATA_EH_REVALIDATE,
+	ATA_EH_PERDEV_MASK	= ATA_EH_REVALIDATE | ATA_EH_PARK,
 	ATA_EH_ALL_ACTIONS	= ATA_EH_REVALIDATE | ATA_EH_RESET |
 				  ATA_EH_ENABLE_LINK | ATA_EH_LPM,
 
@@ -454,6 +457,7 @@ enum link_pm {
 	MEDIUM_POWER,
 };
 extern struct device_attribute dev_attr_link_power_management_policy;
+extern struct device_attribute dev_attr_unload_heads;
 extern struct device_attribute dev_attr_em_message_type;
 extern struct device_attribute dev_attr_em_message;
 extern struct device_attribute dev_attr_sw_activity;
@@ -566,6 +570,7 @@ struct ata_device {
 	/* n_sector is used as CLEAR_OFFSET, read comment above CLEAR_OFFSET */
 	u64			n_sectors;	/* size of device, if ATA */
 	unsigned int		class;		/* ATA_DEV_xxx */
+	unsigned long		unpark_deadline;
 
 	u8			pio_mode;
 	u8			dma_mode;
@@ -623,6 +628,7 @@ struct ata_eh_context {
 					       [ATA_EH_CMD_TIMEOUT_TABLE_SIZE];
 	unsigned int		classes[ATA_MAX_DEVICES];
 	unsigned int		did_probe_mask;
+	unsigned int		unloaded_mask;
 	unsigned int		saved_ncq_enabled;
 	u8			saved_xfer_mode[ATA_MAX_DEVICES];
 	/* timestamp for the last reset attempt or success */
@@ -712,6 +718,7 @@ struct ata_port {
 	struct list_head	eh_done_q;
 	wait_queue_head_t	eh_wait_q;
 	int			eh_tries;
+	struct completion	park_req_pending;
 
 	pm_message_t		pm_mesg;
 	int			*pm_result;
@@ -1102,6 +1109,7 @@ extern void ata_std_error_handler(struct ata_port *ap);
  */
 extern const struct ata_port_operations ata_base_port_ops;
 extern const struct ata_port_operations sata_port_ops;
+extern struct device_attribute *ata_common_sdev_attrs[];
 
 #define ATA_BASE_SHT(drv_name)					\
 	.module			= THIS_MODULE,			\
@@ -1116,7 +1124,8 @@ extern const struct ata_port_operations sata_port_ops;
 	.proc_name		= drv_name,			\
 	.slave_configure	= ata_scsi_slave_config,	\
 	.slave_destroy		= ata_scsi_slave_destroy,	\
-	.bios_param		= ata_std_bios_param
+	.bios_param		= ata_std_bios_param,		\
+	.sdev_attrs		= ata_common_sdev_attrs
 
 #define ATA_NCQ_SHT(drv_name)					\
 	ATA_BASE_SHT(drv_name),					\