return rc;
        }
+       dev->n_native_sectors = native_sectors;
 
        /* nothing to do? */
        if (native_sectors <= sectors || !ata_ignore_hpa) {
                       unsigned int readid_flags)
 {
        u64 n_sectors = dev->n_sectors;
+       u64 n_native_sectors = dev->n_native_sectors;
        int rc;
 
        if (!ata_dev_enabled(dev))
        /* verify n_sectors hasn't changed */
        if (dev->class == ATA_DEV_ATA && n_sectors &&
            dev->n_sectors != n_sectors) {
-               ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_INFO, "n_sectors mismatch "
+               ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_WARNING, "n_sectors mismatch "
                               "%llu != %llu\n",
                               (unsigned long long)n_sectors,
                               (unsigned long long)dev->n_sectors);
-
-               /* restore original n_sectors */
-               dev->n_sectors = n_sectors;
-
-               rc = -ENODEV;
-               goto fail;
+               /*
+                * Something could have caused HPA to be unlocked
+                * involuntarily.  If n_native_sectors hasn't changed
+                * and the new size matches it, keep the device.
+                */
+               if (dev->n_native_sectors == n_native_sectors &&
+                   dev->n_sectors > n_sectors &&
+                   dev->n_sectors == n_native_sectors) {
+                       ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_WARNING,
+                                      "new n_sectors matches native, probably "
+                                      "late HPA unlock, continuing\n");
+                       /* keep using the old n_sectors */
+                       dev->n_sectors = n_sectors;
+               } else {
+                       /* restore original n_[native]_sectors and fail */
+                       dev->n_native_sectors = n_native_sectors;
+                       dev->n_sectors = n_sectors;
+                       rc = -ENODEV;
+                       goto fail;
+               }
        }
 
        return 0;
 
 #endif
        /* n_sector is CLEAR_BEGIN, read comment above CLEAR_BEGIN */
        u64                     n_sectors;      /* size of device, if ATA */
+       u64                     n_native_sectors; /* native size, if ATA */
        unsigned int            class;          /* ATA_DEV_xxx */
        unsigned long           unpark_deadline;