diff --git a/include/linux/device.h b/include/linux/device.h
index 479c0b31593c..2258d89bf523 100644
--- a/include/linux/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/device.h
@@ -410,6 +410,15 @@ extern int devres_release_group(struct device *dev, void *id);
 extern void *devm_kzalloc(struct device *dev, size_t size, gfp_t gfp);
 extern void devm_kfree(struct device *dev, void *p);
 
+struct device_dma_parameters {
+	/*
+	 * a low level driver may set these to teach IOMMU code about
+	 * sg limitations.
+	 */
+	unsigned int max_segment_size;
+	unsigned long segment_boundary_mask;
+};
+
 struct device {
 	struct klist		klist_children;
 	struct klist_node	knode_parent;	/* node in sibling list */
@@ -445,6 +454,8 @@ struct device {
 					     64 bit addresses for consistent
 					     allocations such descriptors. */
 
+	struct device_dma_parameters *dma_parms;
+
 	struct list_head	dma_pools;	/* dma pools (if dma'ble) */
 
 	struct dma_coherent_mem	*dma_mem; /* internal for coherent mem
diff --git a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
index 4470950892be..df3a3610caf0 100644
--- a/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
+++ b/include/linux/dma-mapping.h
@@ -60,6 +60,21 @@ static inline int is_device_dma_capable(struct device *dev)
 
 extern u64 dma_get_required_mask(struct device *dev);
 
+static inline unsigned int dma_get_max_seg_size(struct device *dev)
+{
+	return dev->dma_parms ? dev->dma_parms->max_segment_size : 65536;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int dma_set_max_seg_size(struct device *dev,
+						unsigned int size)
+{
+	if (dev->dma_parms) {
+		dev->dma_parms->max_segment_size = size;
+		return 0;
+	} else
+		return -EIO;
+}
+
 /* flags for the coherent memory api */
 #define	DMA_MEMORY_MAP			0x01
 #define DMA_MEMORY_IO			0x02