h = shost_to_hba(shost);
        return snprintf(buf, 20, "%s\n",
-               h->transMethod == CFGTBL_Trans_Performant ?
+               h->transMethod & CFGTBL_Trans_Performant ?
                        "performant" : "simple");
 }
 
 {
        u32 a;
 
-       if (unlikely(h->transMethod != CFGTBL_Trans_Performant))
+       if (unlikely(!(h->transMethod & CFGTBL_Trans_Performant)))
                return h->access.command_completed(h);
 
        if ((*(h->reply_pool_head) & 1) == (h->reply_pool_wraparound)) {
  */
 static void set_performant_mode(struct ctlr_info *h, struct CommandList *c)
 {
-       if (likely(h->transMethod == CFGTBL_Trans_Performant))
+       if (likely(h->transMethod & CFGTBL_Trans_Performant))
                c->busaddr |= 1 | (h->blockFetchTable[c->Header.SGList] << 1);
 }
 
 {
 #define HPSA_PERF_ERROR_BITS ((1 << DIRECT_LOOKUP_SHIFT) - 1)
 #define HPSA_SIMPLE_ERROR_BITS 0x03
-       if (unlikely(h->transMethod != CFGTBL_Trans_Performant))
+       if (unlikely(!(h->transMethod & CFGTBL_Trans_Performant)))
                return tag & ~HPSA_SIMPLE_ERROR_BITS;
        return tag & ~HPSA_PERF_ERROR_BITS;
 }
                        "unable to get board into simple mode\n");
                return -ENODEV;
        }
+       h->transMethod = CFGTBL_Trans_Simple;
        return 0;
 }
 
        }
 }
 
-static __devinit void hpsa_enter_performant_mode(struct ctlr_info *h)
+static __devinit void hpsa_enter_performant_mode(struct ctlr_info *h,
+       u32 use_short_tags)
 {
        int i;
        unsigned long register_value;
        writel(0, &h->transtable->RepQCtrAddrHigh32);
        writel(h->reply_pool_dhandle, &h->transtable->RepQAddr0Low32);
        writel(0, &h->transtable->RepQAddr0High32);
-       writel(CFGTBL_Trans_Performant,
+       writel(CFGTBL_Trans_Performant | use_short_tags,
                &(h->cfgtable->HostWrite.TransportRequest));
        writel(CFGTBL_ChangeReq, h->vaddr + SA5_DOORBELL);
        hpsa_wait_for_mode_change_ack(h);
                                        " performant mode\n");
                return;
        }
+       /* Change the access methods to the performant access methods */
+       h->access = SA5_performant_access;
+       h->transMethod = CFGTBL_Trans_Performant;
 }
 
 static __devinit void hpsa_put_ctlr_into_performant_mode(struct ctlr_info *h)
                || (h->blockFetchTable == NULL))
                goto clean_up;
 
-       hpsa_enter_performant_mode(h);
-
-       /* Change the access methods to the performant access methods */
-       h->access = SA5_performant_access;
-       h->transMethod = CFGTBL_Trans_Performant;
+       hpsa_enter_performant_mode(h,
+               trans_support & CFGTBL_Trans_use_short_tags);
 
        return;