diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
index dec5b2dc298c..f9f161fa66ad 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
@@ -3968,7 +3968,8 @@ int xhci_gen_setup(struct usb_hcd *hcd, xhci_get_quirks_t get_quirks)
 	int			retval;
 	u32			temp;
 
-	hcd->self.sg_tablesize = TRBS_PER_SEGMENT - 2;
+	/* Accept arbitrarily long scatter-gather lists */
+	hcd->self.sg_tablesize = ~0;
 
 	if (usb_hcd_is_primary_hcd(hcd)) {
 		xhci = kzalloc(sizeof(struct xhci_hcd), GFP_KERNEL);