diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index bfd452b0d46d..082179c38e1b 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -2464,12 +2464,41 @@ static void ata_dev_config_trusted(struct ata_device *dev)
 		dev->flags |= ATA_DFLAG_TRUSTED;
 }
 
+void ata_dev_cleanup_cdl_resources(struct ata_device *dev)
+{
+	kfree(dev->cdl);
+	dev->cdl = NULL;
+}
+
+static int ata_dev_init_cdl_resources(struct ata_device *dev)
+{
+	struct ata_cdl *cdl = dev->cdl;
+	unsigned int err_mask;
+
+	if (!cdl) {
+		cdl = kzalloc(sizeof(*cdl), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!cdl)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		dev->cdl = cdl;
+	}
+
+	err_mask = ata_read_log_page(dev, ATA_LOG_CDL, 0, cdl->desc_log_buf,
+				     ATA_LOG_CDL_SIZE / ATA_SECT_SIZE);
+	if (err_mask) {
+		ata_dev_warn(dev, "Read Command Duration Limits log failed\n");
+		ata_dev_cleanup_cdl_resources(dev);
+		return -EIO;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void ata_dev_config_cdl(struct ata_device *dev)
 {
-	struct ata_port *ap = dev->link->ap;
 	unsigned int err_mask;
 	bool cdl_enabled;
 	u64 val;
+	int ret;
 
 	if (ata_id_major_version(dev->id) < 11)
 		goto not_supported;
@@ -2564,37 +2593,20 @@ static void ata_dev_config_cdl(struct ata_device *dev)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Allocate a buffer to handle reading the sense data for successful
-	 * NCQ Commands log page for commands using a CDL with one of the limit
-	 * policy set to 0xD (successful completion with sense data available
-	 * bit set).
-	 */
-	if (!ap->ncq_sense_buf) {
-		ap->ncq_sense_buf = kmalloc(ATA_LOG_SENSE_NCQ_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!ap->ncq_sense_buf)
-			goto not_supported;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Command duration limits is supported: cache the CDL log page 18h
-	 * (command duration descriptors).
-	 */
-	err_mask = ata_read_log_page(dev, ATA_LOG_CDL, 0, dev->sector_buf, 1);
-	if (err_mask) {
-		ata_dev_warn(dev, "Read Command Duration Limits log failed\n");
+	/* CDL is supported: allocate and initialize needed resources. */
+	ret = ata_dev_init_cdl_resources(dev);
+	if (ret) {
+		ata_dev_warn(dev, "Initialize CDL resources failed\n");
 		goto not_supported;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(dev->cdl, dev->sector_buf, ATA_LOG_CDL_SIZE);
 	dev->flags |= ATA_DFLAG_CDL;
 
 	return;
 
 not_supported:
 	dev->flags &= ~(ATA_DFLAG_CDL | ATA_DFLAG_CDL_ENABLED);
-	kfree(ap->ncq_sense_buf);
-	ap->ncq_sense_buf = NULL;
+	ata_dev_cleanup_cdl_resources(dev);
 }
 
 static int ata_dev_config_lba(struct ata_device *dev)
@@ -5451,7 +5463,6 @@ void ata_port_free(struct ata_port *ap)
 
 	kfree(ap->pmp_link);
 	kfree(ap->slave_link);
-	kfree(ap->ncq_sense_buf);
 	ida_free(&ata_ida, ap->print_id);
 	kfree(ap);
 }
@@ -5989,6 +6000,8 @@ void ata_dev_free_resources(struct ata_device *dev)
 {
 	if (zpodd_dev_enabled(dev))
 		zpodd_exit(dev);
+
+	ata_dev_cleanup_cdl_resources(dev);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sata.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sata.c
index 498430db86f7..c8b119a06bb2 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sata.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sata.c
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ int ata_eh_get_ncq_success_sense(struct ata_link *link)
 {
 	struct ata_device *dev = link->device;
 	struct ata_port *ap = dev->link->ap;
-	u8 *buf = ap->ncq_sense_buf;
+	u8 *buf = dev->cdl->ncq_sense_log_buf;
 	struct ata_queued_cmd *qc;
 	unsigned int err_mask, tag;
 	u8 *sense, sk = 0, asc = 0, ascq = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index 4fb45565c142..9f75d26808bf 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -2248,7 +2248,7 @@ static inline u16 ata_xlat_cdl_limit(u8 *buf)
 static unsigned int ata_msense_control_spgt2(struct ata_device *dev, u8 *buf,
 					     u8 spg)
 {
-	u8 *b, *cdl = dev->cdl, *desc;
+	u8 *b, *cdl = dev->cdl->desc_log_buf, *desc;
 	u32 policy;
 	int i;
 
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata.h b/drivers/ata/libata.h
index 927d77bde7ef..0337be4faec7 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata.h
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ extern int ata_cmd_ioctl(struct scsi_device *scsidev, void __user *arg);
 extern const char *sata_spd_string(unsigned int spd);
 extern unsigned int ata_read_log_page(struct ata_device *dev, u8 log,
 				      u8 page, void *buf, unsigned int sectors);
+void ata_dev_cleanup_cdl_resources(struct ata_device *dev);
 
 #define to_ata_port(d) container_of(d, struct ata_port, tdev)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index aac38dcd2230..9b4a6ff03235 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -700,6 +700,21 @@ struct ata_cpr_log {
 	struct ata_cpr		cpr[] __counted_by(nr_cpr);
 };
 
+struct ata_cdl {
+	/*
+	 * Buffer to cache the CDL log page 18h (command duration descriptors)
+	 * for SCSI-ATA translation.
+	 */
+	u8			desc_log_buf[ATA_LOG_CDL_SIZE];
+
+	/*
+	 * Buffer to handle reading the sense data for successful NCQ Commands
+	 * log page for commands using a CDL with one of the limits policy set
+	 * to 0xD (successful completion with sense data available bit set).
+	 */
+	u8			ncq_sense_log_buf[ATA_LOG_SENSE_NCQ_SIZE];
+};
+
 struct ata_device {
 	struct ata_link		*link;
 	unsigned int		devno;		/* 0 or 1 */
@@ -762,8 +777,8 @@ struct ata_device {
 	/* Concurrent positioning ranges */
 	struct ata_cpr_log	*cpr_log;
 
-	/* Command Duration Limits log support */
-	u8			cdl[ATA_LOG_CDL_SIZE];
+	/* Command Duration Limits support */
+	struct ata_cdl		*cdl;
 
 	/* error history */
 	int			spdn_cnt;
@@ -917,8 +932,6 @@ struct ata_port {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ATA_ACPI
 	struct ata_acpi_gtm	__acpi_init_gtm; /* use ata_acpi_init_gtm() */
 #endif
-	/* owned by EH */
-	u8			*ncq_sense_buf;
 };
 
 /* The following initializer overrides a method to NULL whether one of