diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt
index 30df832a6f2f..87adfb227ca9 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/ata/ahci-platform.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ Optional properties:
 - target-supply     : regulator for SATA target power
 - phys              : reference to the SATA PHY node
 - phy-names         : must be "sata-phy"
+- ports-implemented : Mask that indicates which ports that the HBA supports
+		      are available for software to use. Useful if PORTS_IMPL
+		      is not programmed by the BIOS, which is true with
+		      some embedded SOC's.
 
 Required properties when using sub-nodes:
 - #address-cells    : number of cells to encode an address
diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci_platform.c b/drivers/ata/ahci_platform.c
index 40442332bfa7..62a04c8fb5c9 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/ahci_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/ahci_platform.c
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ static int ahci_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
 
+	of_property_read_u32(dev->of_node,
+			     "ports-implemented", &hpriv->force_port_map);
+
 	if (of_device_is_compatible(dev->of_node, "hisilicon,hisi-ahci"))
 		hpriv->flags |= AHCI_HFLAG_NO_FBS | AHCI_HFLAG_NO_NCQ;