classes[dev->devno] = ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN;
 
        rc = reset(link, classes, deadline);
-       if (rc)
-               return rc;
 
        /* convert all ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN to ATA_DEV_NONE */
        ata_link_for_each_dev(dev, link)
                if (classes[dev->devno] == ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN)
                        classes[dev->devno] = ATA_DEV_NONE;
 
-       return 0;
+       return rc;
 }
 
 static int ata_eh_followup_srst_needed(struct ata_link *link,
        if (rc && rc != -EAGAIN)
                goto fail;
 
-       /* was classification successful? */
-       if (classify && classes[0] == ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN &&
-           !(lflags & ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_CLASS)) {
-               if (try < max_tries) {
-                       ata_link_printk(link, KERN_WARNING,
-                                       "classification failed\n");
-                       rc = -EINVAL;
-                       goto fail;
-               }
-
-               ata_link_printk(link, KERN_WARNING,
-                               "classfication failed, assuming ATA\n");
-               lflags |= ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_ATA;
-       }
-
  done:
        ata_link_for_each_dev(dev, link) {
                /* After the reset, the device state is PIO 0 and the
 
        sil24_read_tf(ap, 0, &tf);
        *class = ata_dev_classify(&tf);
 
-       if (*class == ATA_DEV_UNKNOWN)
-               *class = ATA_DEV_NONE;
-
  out:
        DPRINTK("EXIT, class=%u\n", *class);
        return 0;