diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
index 763f012fdeca..87f5e694dbed 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_ata.c
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ static unsigned int sas_ata_qc_issue(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 		task->num_scatter = qc->n_elem;
 	} else {
 		for_each_sg(qc->sg, sg, qc->n_elem, si)
-			xfer += sg->length;
+			xfer += sg_dma_len(sg);
 
 		task->total_xfer_len = xfer;
 		task->num_scatter = si;