diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
index a0b07c331255..18846afb39da 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_ring.c
@@ -271,6 +271,17 @@ static bool vring_use_dma_api(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	return false;
 }
 
+size_t virtio_max_dma_size(struct virtio_device *vdev)
+{
+	size_t max_segment_size = SIZE_MAX;
+
+	if (vring_use_dma_api(vdev))
+		max_segment_size = dma_max_mapping_size(&vdev->dev);
+
+	return max_segment_size;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(virtio_max_dma_size);
+
 static void *vring_alloc_queue(struct virtio_device *vdev, size_t size,
 			      dma_addr_t *dma_handle, gfp_t flag)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio.h b/include/linux/virtio.h
index fa1b5da2804e..673fe3ef3607 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio.h
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ int virtio_device_freeze(struct virtio_device *dev);
 int virtio_device_restore(struct virtio_device *dev);
 #endif
 
+size_t virtio_max_dma_size(struct virtio_device *vdev);
+
 #define virtio_device_for_each_vq(vdev, vq) \
 	list_for_each_entry(vq, &vdev->vqs, list)