diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_macio.c b/drivers/ata/pata_macio.c
index 8cc9c429ad95..9e7fc302430f 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_macio.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_macio.c
@@ -915,6 +915,10 @@ static struct scsi_host_template pata_macio_sht = {
 	.sg_tablesize		= MAX_DCMDS,
 	/* We may not need that strict one */
 	.dma_boundary		= ATA_DMA_BOUNDARY,
+	/* Not sure what the real max is but we know it's less than 64K, let's
+	 * use 64K minus 256
+	 */
+	.max_segment_size	= MAX_DBDMA_SEG,
 	.slave_configure	= pata_macio_slave_config,
 };
 
@@ -1044,11 +1048,6 @@ static int pata_macio_common_init(struct pata_macio_priv *priv,
 	/* Make sure we have sane initial timings in the cache */
 	pata_macio_default_timings(priv);
 
-	/* Not sure what the real max is but we know it's less than 64K, let's
-	 * use 64K minus 256
-	 */
-	dma_set_max_seg_size(priv->dev, MAX_DBDMA_SEG);
-
 	/* Allocate libata host for 1 port */
 	memset(&pinfo, 0, sizeof(struct ata_port_info));
 	pmac_macio_calc_timing_masks(priv, &pinfo);
diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c b/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c
index e0bcf9b2dab0..174e84ce4379 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c
@@ -245,8 +245,15 @@ struct inic_port_priv {
 
 static struct scsi_host_template inic_sht = {
 	ATA_BASE_SHT(DRV_NAME),
-	.sg_tablesize	= LIBATA_MAX_PRD,	/* maybe it can be larger? */
-	.dma_boundary	= INIC_DMA_BOUNDARY,
+	.sg_tablesize		= LIBATA_MAX_PRD, /* maybe it can be larger? */
+
+	/*
+	 * This controller is braindamaged.  dma_boundary is 0xffff like others
+	 * but it will lock up the whole machine HARD if 65536 byte PRD entry
+	 * is fed.  Reduce maximum segment size.
+	 */
+	.dma_boundary		= INIC_DMA_BOUNDARY,
+	.max_segment_size	= 65536 - 512,
 };
 
 static const int scr_map[] = {
@@ -868,17 +875,6 @@ static int inic_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		return rc;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * This controller is braindamaged.  dma_boundary is 0xffff
-	 * like others but it will lock up the whole machine HARD if
-	 * 65536 byte PRD entry is fed. Reduce maximum segment size.
-	 */
-	rc = dma_set_max_seg_size(&pdev->dev, 65536 - 512);
-	if (rc) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to set the maximum segment size\n");
-		return rc;
-	}
-
 	rc = init_controller(hpriv->mmio_base, hpriv->cached_hctl);
 	if (rc) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to initialize controller\n");
diff --git a/drivers/firewire/sbp2.c b/drivers/firewire/sbp2.c
index 09b845e90114..a785ffd5af89 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/sbp2.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/sbp2.c
@@ -1144,10 +1144,6 @@ static int sbp2_probe(struct fw_unit *unit, const struct ieee1394_device_id *id)
 	if (device->is_local)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (dma_get_max_seg_size(device->card->device) > SBP2_MAX_SEG_SIZE)
-		WARN_ON(dma_set_max_seg_size(device->card->device,
-					     SBP2_MAX_SEG_SIZE));
-
 	shost = scsi_host_alloc(&scsi_driver_template, sizeof(*tgt));
 	if (shost == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1610,6 +1606,7 @@ static struct scsi_host_template scsi_driver_template = {
 	.eh_abort_handler	= sbp2_scsi_abort,
 	.this_id		= -1,
 	.sg_tablesize		= SG_ALL,
+	.max_segment_size	= SBP2_MAX_SEG_SIZE,
 	.can_queue		= 1,
 	.sdev_attrs		= sbp2_scsi_sysfs_attrs,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
index 634ddb90e7aa..7e56a11836c1 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
@@ -1747,11 +1747,10 @@ static int aac_probe_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 		shost->max_sectors = (shost->sg_tablesize * 8) + 112;
 	}
 
-	error = dma_set_max_seg_size(&pdev->dev,
-		(aac->adapter_info.options & AAC_OPT_NEW_COMM) ?
-			(shost->max_sectors << 9) : 65536);
-	if (error)
-		goto out_deinit;
+	if (aac->adapter_info.options & AAC_OPT_NEW_COMM)
+		shost->max_segment_size = shost->max_sectors << 9;
+	else
+		shost->max_segment_size = 65536;
 
 	/*
 	 * Firmware printf works only with older firmware.
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index b13cc9288ba0..6d65ac584eba 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -1842,8 +1842,8 @@ void __scsi_init_queue(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct request_queue *q)
 	blk_queue_segment_boundary(q, shost->dma_boundary);
 	dma_set_seg_boundary(dev, shost->dma_boundary);
 
-	blk_queue_max_segment_size(q,
-		min(shost->max_segment_size, dma_get_max_seg_size(dev)));
+	blk_queue_max_segment_size(q, shost->max_segment_size);
+	dma_set_max_seg_size(dev, shost->max_segment_size);
 
 	/*
 	 * Set a reasonable default alignment:  The larger of 32-byte (dword),