diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
index e3877b6843c9..472364889a71 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ static void ata_pio_sector(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 				       do_write);
 	}
 
-	if (!do_write)
+	if (!do_write && !PageSlab(page))
 		flush_dcache_page(page);
 
 	qc->curbytes += qc->sect_size;