diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 497adea1f0d6..0075944a64dc 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -2439,6 +2439,9 @@ int ata_dev_configure(struct ata_device *dev)
 		dev->max_sectors = min_t(unsigned int, ATA_MAX_SECTORS_128,
 					 dev->max_sectors);
 
+	if (dev->horkage & ATA_HORKAGE_MAX_SEC_LBA48)
+		dev->max_sectors = ATA_MAX_SECTORS_LBA48;
+
 	if (ap->ops->dev_config)
 		ap->ops->dev_config(dev);
 
@@ -4100,6 +4103,7 @@ static const struct ata_blacklist_entry ata_device_blacklist [] = {
 	/* Weird ATAPI devices */
 	{ "TORiSAN DVD-ROM DRD-N216", NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_MAX_SEC_128 },
 	{ "QUANTUM DAT    DAT72-000", NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_ATAPI_MOD16_DMA },
+	{ "Slimtype DVD A  DS8A8SH", NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_MAX_SEC_LBA48 },
 
 	/* Devices we expect to fail diagnostics */
 
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 91c9d109e5f1..eae7a053dc51 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ enum {
 	ATA_HORKAGE_NOSETXFER	= (1 << 14),	/* skip SETXFER, SATA only */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_BROKEN_FPDMA_AA	= (1 << 15),	/* skip AA */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_DUMP_ID	= (1 << 16),	/* dump IDENTIFY data */
+	ATA_HORKAGE_MAX_SEC_LBA48 = (1 << 17),	/* Set max sects to 65535 */
 
 	 /* DMA mask for user DMA control: User visible values; DO NOT
 	    renumber */