diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 3f0144e7dc80..fa41ea57a978 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -4099,10 +4099,20 @@ static void ata_eh_handle_port_suspend(struct ata_port *ap)
 
 	WARN_ON(ap->pflags & ATA_PFLAG_SUSPENDED);
 
-	/* Set all devices attached to the port in standby mode */
-	ata_for_each_link(link, ap, HOST_FIRST) {
-		ata_for_each_dev(dev, link, ENABLED)
-			ata_dev_power_set_standby(dev);
+	/*
+	 * We will reach this point for all of the PM events:
+	 * PM_EVENT_SUSPEND (if runtime pm, PM_EVENT_AUTO will also be set)
+	 * PM_EVENT_FREEZE, and PM_EVENT_HIBERNATE.
+	 *
+	 * We do not want to perform disk spin down for PM_EVENT_FREEZE.
+	 * (Spin down will be performed by the subsequent PM_EVENT_HIBERNATE.)
+	 */
+	if (!(ap->pm_mesg.event & PM_EVENT_FREEZE)) {
+		/* Set all devices attached to the port in standby mode */
+		ata_for_each_link(link, ap, HOST_FIRST) {
+			ata_for_each_dev(dev, link, ENABLED)
+				ata_dev_power_set_standby(dev);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*