diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index f8cfd16be534cf3eece97c4a59a456e5d8769bde..a4b4ab7b9f8ef323592b9e8f162de009c21673b3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -1120,6 +1120,12 @@ static int i915_driver_init_hw(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 
 	pci_set_master(pdev);
 
+	/*
+	 * We don't have a max segment size, so set it to the max so sg's
+	 * debugging layer doesn't complain
+	 */
+	dma_set_max_seg_size(&pdev->dev, UINT_MAX);
+
 	/* overlay on gen2 is broken and can't address above 1G */
 	if (IS_GEN2(dev_priv)) {
 		ret = dma_set_coherent_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(30));