diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/ata.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/ata.c
index 1f5258fb38c..901c9f91e5d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/ata.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/ata.c
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ bcom_ata_init(int queue_len, int maxbufsize)
 	struct bcom_ata_var *var;
 	struct bcom_ata_inc *inc;
 
+	/* Prefetch breaks ATA DMA.  Turn it off for ATA DMA */
+	bcom_disable_prefetch();
+
 	tsk = bcom_task_alloc(queue_len, sizeof(struct bcom_ata_bd), 0);
 	if (!tsk)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm.c
index 446c9ea85b3..378ebd9aac1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm.c
@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ bcom_engine_init(void)
 	int task;
 	phys_addr_t tdt_pa, ctx_pa, var_pa, fdt_pa;
 	unsigned int tdt_size, ctx_size, var_size, fdt_size;
-	u16 regval;
 
 	/* Allocate & clear SRAM zones for FDT, TDTs, contexts and vars/incs */
 	tdt_size = BCOM_MAX_TASKS * sizeof(struct bcom_tdt);
@@ -331,10 +330,8 @@ bcom_engine_init(void)
 	out_8(&bcom_eng->regs->ipr[BCOM_INITIATOR_ALWAYS], BCOM_IPR_ALWAYS);
 
 	/* Disable COMM Bus Prefetch on the original 5200; it's broken */
-	if ((mfspr(SPRN_SVR) & MPC5200_SVR_MASK) == MPC5200_SVR) {
-		regval = in_be16(&bcom_eng->regs->PtdCntrl);
-		out_be16(&bcom_eng->regs->PtdCntrl,  regval | 1);
-	}
+	if ((mfspr(SPRN_SVR) & MPC5200_SVR_MASK) == MPC5200_SVR)
+		bcom_disable_prefetch();
 
 	/* Init lock */
 	spin_lock_init(&bcom_eng->lock);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm_priv.h b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm_priv.h
index 746f1551c8a..eb0d1c883c3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm_priv.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/bestcomm/bestcomm_priv.h
@@ -241,6 +241,22 @@ extern void bcom_set_initiator(int task, int initiator);
 
 #define TASK_ENABLE             0x8000
 
+/**
+ * bcom_disable_prefetch - Hook to disable bus prefetching
+ *
+ * ATA DMA and the original MPC5200 need this due to silicon bugs.  At the
+ * moment disabling prefetch is a one-way street.  There is no mechanism
+ * in place to turn prefetch back on after it has been disabled.  There is
+ * no reason it couldn't be done, it would just be more complex to implement.
+ */
+static inline void bcom_disable_prefetch(void)
+{
+	u16 regval;
+
+	regval = in_be16(&bcom_eng->regs->PtdCntrl);
+	out_be16(&bcom_eng->regs->PtdCntrl, regval | 1);
+};
+
 static inline void
 bcom_enable_task(int task)
 {