diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c b/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c
index 30790240aec6..05b80211290d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
  * status of a command.
  */
 
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ static int slave_alloc (struct scsi_device *sdev)
 static int slave_configure(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 {
 	struct us_data *us = host_to_us(sdev->host);
+	struct device *dev = us->pusb_dev->bus->sysdev;
 
 	/*
 	 * Many devices have trouble transferring more than 32KB at a time,
@@ -128,6 +131,14 @@ static int slave_configure(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 		blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(sdev->request_queue, 2048);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * The max_hw_sectors should be up to maximum size of a mapping for
+	 * the device. Otherwise, a DMA API might fail on swiotlb environment.
+	 */
+	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(sdev->request_queue,
+		min_t(size_t, queue_max_hw_sectors(sdev->request_queue),
+		      dma_max_mapping_size(dev) >> SECTOR_SHIFT));
+
 	/*
 	 * Some USB host controllers can't do DMA; they have to use PIO.
 	 * They indicate this by setting their dma_mask to NULL.  For