diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 3facc41476be..2ae348c101a0 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -310,6 +310,9 @@ void blk_queue_max_segment_size(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int max_size)
 		       __func__, max_size);
 	}
 
+	/* see blk_queue_virt_boundary() for the explanation */
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(q->limits.virt_boundary_mask);
+
 	q->limits.max_segment_size = max_size;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_max_segment_size);
@@ -742,6 +745,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_segment_boundary);
 void blk_queue_virt_boundary(struct request_queue *q, unsigned long mask)
 {
 	q->limits.virt_boundary_mask = mask;
+
+	/*
+	 * Devices that require a virtual boundary do not support scatter/gather
+	 * I/O natively, but instead require a descriptor list entry for each
+	 * page (which might not be idential to the Linux PAGE_SIZE).  Because
+	 * of that they are not limited by our notion of "segment size".
+	 */
+	q->limits.max_segment_size = UINT_MAX;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_virt_boundary);