diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libata-eh.c b/drivers/scsi/libata-eh.c
index 0803231f6577..71ad18b7cff6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libata-eh.c
@@ -46,6 +46,51 @@
 
 static void __ata_port_freeze(struct ata_port *ap);
 
+static void ata_ering_record(struct ata_ering *ering, int is_io,
+			     unsigned int err_mask)
+{
+	struct ata_ering_entry *ent;
+
+	WARN_ON(!err_mask);
+
+	ering->cursor++;
+	ering->cursor %= ATA_ERING_SIZE;
+
+	ent = &ering->ring[ering->cursor];
+	ent->is_io = is_io;
+	ent->err_mask = err_mask;
+	ent->timestamp = get_jiffies_64();
+}
+
+static struct ata_ering_entry * ata_ering_top(struct ata_ering *ering)
+{
+	struct ata_ering_entry *ent = &ering->ring[ering->cursor];
+	if (!ent->err_mask)
+		return NULL;
+	return ent;
+}
+
+static int ata_ering_map(struct ata_ering *ering,
+			 int (*map_fn)(struct ata_ering_entry *, void *),
+			 void *arg)
+{
+	int idx, rc = 0;
+	struct ata_ering_entry *ent;
+
+	idx = ering->cursor;
+	do {
+		ent = &ering->ring[idx];
+		if (!ent->err_mask)
+			break;
+		rc = map_fn(ent, arg);
+		if (rc)
+			break;
+		idx = (idx - 1 + ATA_ERING_SIZE) % ATA_ERING_SIZE;
+	} while (idx != ering->cursor);
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 /**
  *	ata_scsi_timed_out - SCSI layer time out callback
  *	@cmd: timed out SCSI command
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 6fe5ed8eabf5..f5cea13599c3 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -226,6 +226,9 @@ enum {
 	ATA_PORT_PRIMARY	= (1 << 0),
 	ATA_PORT_SECONDARY	= (1 << 1),
 
+	/* ering size */
+	ATA_ERING_SIZE		= 32,
+
 	/* reset / recovery action types */
 	ATA_EH_REVALIDATE	= (1 << 0),
 	ATA_EH_SOFTRESET	= (1 << 1),
@@ -375,6 +378,17 @@ struct ata_host_stats {
 	unsigned long		rw_reqbuf;
 };
 
+struct ata_ering_entry {
+	int			is_io;
+	unsigned int		err_mask;
+	u64			timestamp;
+};
+
+struct ata_ering {
+	int			cursor;
+	struct ata_ering_entry	ring[ATA_ERING_SIZE];
+};
+
 struct ata_device {
 	struct ata_port		*ap;
 	u64			n_sectors;	/* size of device, if ATA */
@@ -401,6 +415,9 @@ struct ata_device {
 	u16			cylinders;	/* Number of cylinders */
 	u16			heads;		/* Number of heads */
 	u16			sectors;	/* Number of sectors per track */
+
+	/* error history */
+	struct ata_ering	ering;
 };
 
 struct ata_port {