diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
index 8b9a390..a1a06a8 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 		task->total_xfer_len = qc->nbytes;
 		task->num_scatter = qc->n_elem;
 		task->data_dir = qc->dma_dir;
-	} else if (qc->tf.protocol == ATA_PROT_NODATA) {
+	} else if (!ata_is_data(qc->tf.protocol)) {
 		task->data_dir = DMA_NONE;
 	} else {
 		for_each_sg(qc->sg, sg, qc->n_elem, si)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
index 8d6bcc1..51485d0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 		res = i->dft->lldd_execute_task(task, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 		if (res) {
-			del_timer(&task->slow_task->timer);
+			del_timer_sync(&task->slow_task->timer);
 			pr_notice("executing SMP task failed:%d\n", res);
 			break;
 		}