diff --git a/include/asm-x86/scatterlist_32.h b/include/asm-x86/scatterlist_32.h
index d7e45a8f1aae..bd5164aa8f63 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/scatterlist_32.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/scatterlist_32.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ struct scatterlist {
     unsigned int	length;
 };
 
+#define ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
+
 /* These macros should be used after a pci_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 pci_map_sg