diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
index f8ffc512faf1..ad364394885a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
@@ -4730,8 +4730,8 @@ int xhci_gen_setup(struct usb_hcd *hcd, xhci_get_quirks_t get_quirks)
 	struct device		*dev = hcd->self.controller;
 	int			retval;
 
-	/* Accept arbitrarily long scatter-gather lists */
-	hcd->self.sg_tablesize = ~0;
+	/* Limit the block layer scatter-gather lists to half a segment. */
+	hcd->self.sg_tablesize = TRBS_PER_SEGMENT / 2;
 
 	/* support to build packet from discontinuous buffers */
 	hcd->self.no_sg_constraint = 1;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
index 24344aab2107..f8416639bf31 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.h
@@ -1279,7 +1279,7 @@ union xhci_trb {
  * since the command ring is 64-byte aligned.
  * It must also be greater than 16.
  */
-#define TRBS_PER_SEGMENT	64
+#define TRBS_PER_SEGMENT	256
 /* Allow two commands + a link TRB, along with any reserved command TRBs */
 #define MAX_RSVD_CMD_TRBS	(TRBS_PER_SEGMENT - 3)
 #define TRB_SEGMENT_SIZE	(TRBS_PER_SEGMENT*16)