diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index 094b51891dbf..bfc59a104728 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -2046,10 +2046,6 @@ int ata_dev_configure(struct ata_device *dev)
 		dev->max_sectors = min_t(unsigned int, ATA_MAX_SECTORS_128,
 					 dev->max_sectors);
 
-	/* limit ATAPI DMA to R/W commands only */
-	if (ata_device_blacklisted(dev) & ATA_HORKAGE_DMA_RW_ONLY)
-		dev->horkage |= ATA_HORKAGE_DMA_RW_ONLY;
-
 	if (ap->ops->dev_config)
 		ap->ops->dev_config(dev);
 
@@ -3780,8 +3776,7 @@ static const struct ata_blacklist_entry ata_device_blacklist [] = {
 	{ "IOMEGA  ZIP 250       ATAPI", NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA }, /* temporary fix */
 
 	/* Weird ATAPI devices */
-	{ "TORiSAN DVD-ROM DRD-N216", NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_MAX_SEC_128 |
-						ATA_HORKAGE_DMA_RW_ONLY },
+	{ "TORiSAN DVD-ROM DRD-N216", NULL,	ATA_HORKAGE_MAX_SEC_128 },
 
 	/* Devices we expect to fail diagnostics */
 
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index a3380f808630..620da7be07b7 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -298,7 +298,6 @@ enum {
 	ATA_HORKAGE_NODMA	= (1 << 1),	/* DMA problems */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ	= (1 << 2),	/* Don't use NCQ */
 	ATA_HORKAGE_MAX_SEC_128	= (1 << 3),	/* Limit max sects to 128 */
-	ATA_HORKAGE_DMA_RW_ONLY	= (1 << 4),	/* ATAPI DMA for RW only */
 };
 
 enum hsm_task_states {