diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
index 26c97b2ee7e6740c6c37505d9562738b6a6077ce..3b5e6d11069bb58b80f3da5f257d617af9664571 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/omap_hsmmc.c
@@ -2076,9 +2076,9 @@ static int omap_hsmmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		host->dbclk = NULL;
 	}
 
-	/* Since we do only SG emulation, we can have as many segs
-	 * as we want. */
-	mmc->max_segs = 1024;
+	/* Set this to a value that allows allocating an entire descriptor
+	 * list within a page (zero order allocation). */
+	mmc->max_segs = 64;
 
 	mmc->max_blk_size = 512;       /* Block Length at max can be 1024 */
 	mmc->max_blk_count = 0xFFFF;    /* No. of Blocks is 16 bits */