diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
index dd4ae5e8cb5c..d34c82e24d9a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
@@ -179,14 +179,9 @@ static unsigned int sas_ata_qc_issue(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	task->task_proto = SAS_PROTOCOL_STP;
 	task->task_done = sas_ata_task_done;
 
-	if (qc->tf.command == ATA_CMD_FPDMA_WRITE ||
-	    qc->tf.command == ATA_CMD_FPDMA_READ ||
-	    qc->tf.command == ATA_CMD_FPDMA_RECV ||
-	    qc->tf.command == ATA_CMD_FPDMA_SEND ||
-	    qc->tf.command == ATA_CMD_NCQ_NON_DATA) {
-		/* Need to zero out the tag libata assigned us */
+	/* For NCQ commands, zero out the tag libata assigned us */
+	if (ata_is_ncq(qc->tf.protocol))
 		qc->tf.nsect = 0;
-	}
 
 	ata_tf_to_fis(&qc->tf, qc->dev->link->pmp, 1, (u8 *)&task->ata_task.fis);
 	task->uldd_task = qc;