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diff --git a/include/linux/scatterlist.h b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
index 205aefb4ed93..6dd2ddbc6230 100644
--- a/include/linux/scatterlist.h
+++ b/include/linux/scatterlist.h
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ struct scatterlist {
};
/*
+ * Since the above length field is an unsigned int, below we define the maximum
+ * length in bytes that can be stored in one scatterlist entry.
+ */
+#define SCATTERLIST_MAX_SEGMENT (UINT_MAX & PAGE_MASK)
+
+/*
* These macros should be used after a dma_map_sg call has been done
* to get bus addresses of each of the SG entries and their lengths.
* You should only work with the number of sg entries dma_map_sg