u8 sas_addr[SAS_ADDR_SIZE];
        struct smp_resp *resp = rsp;
        struct discover_resp *dr = &resp->disc;
+       struct sas_ha_struct *ha = dev->port->ha;
        struct expander_device *ex = &dev->ex_dev;
        struct ex_phy *phy = &ex->ex_phy[phy_id];
        struct sas_rphy *rphy = dev->rphy;
        char *type;
 
        if (new_phy) {
+               if (WARN_ON_ONCE(test_bit(SAS_HA_ATA_EH_ACTIVE, &ha->state)))
+                       return;
                phy->phy = sas_phy_alloc(&rphy->dev, phy_id);
 
                /* FIXME: error_handling */
        memcpy(sas_addr, phy->attached_sas_addr, SAS_ADDR_SIZE);
 
        phy->attached_dev_type = to_dev_type(dr);
+       if (test_bit(SAS_HA_ATA_EH_ACTIVE, &ha->state))
+               goto out;
        phy->phy_id = phy_id;
        phy->linkrate = dr->linkrate;
        phy->attached_sata_host = dr->attached_sata_host;
                        return;
                }
 
+ out:
        switch (phy->attached_dev_type) {
        case SATA_PENDING:
                type = "stp pending";
        else
                return;
 
-       SAS_DPRINTK("ex %016llx phy%02d:%c:%X attached: %016llx (%s)\n",
+       /* if the attached device type changed and ata_eh is active,
+        * make sure we run revalidation when eh completes (see:
+        * sas_enable_revalidation)
+        */
+       if (test_bit(SAS_HA_ATA_EH_ACTIVE, &ha->state))
+               set_bit(DISCE_REVALIDATE_DOMAIN, &dev->port->disc.pending);
+
+       SAS_DPRINTK("%sex %016llx phy%02d:%c:%X attached: %016llx (%s)\n",
+                   test_bit(SAS_HA_ATA_EH_ACTIVE, &ha->state) ? "ata: " : "",
                    SAS_ADDR(dev->sas_addr), phy->phy_id,
                    sas_route_char(dev, phy), phy->linkrate,
                    SAS_ADDR(phy->attached_sas_addr), type);