diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 0ea97c942ced..9f6cfac0f2cc 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -2028,8 +2028,9 @@ static void ata_eh_link_autopsy(struct ata_link *link)
 			qc->err_mask &= ~(AC_ERR_DEV | AC_ERR_OTHER);
 
 		/* determine whether the command is worth retrying */
-		if (!(qc->err_mask & AC_ERR_INVALID) &&
-		    ((qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_IO) || qc->err_mask != AC_ERR_DEV))
+		if (qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_IO ||
+		    (!(qc->err_mask & AC_ERR_INVALID) &&
+		     qc->err_mask != AC_ERR_DEV))
 			qc->flags |= ATA_QCFLAG_RETRY;
 
 		/* accumulate error info */