diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 723b9b7202b0..9478f704a315 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -1279,6 +1279,12 @@ static int i915_driver_hw_probe(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 
 	pci_set_master(pdev);
 
+	/*
+	 * We don't have a max segment size, so set it to the max so sg's
+	 * debugging layer doesn't complain
+	 */
+	dma_set_max_seg_size(&pdev->dev, UINT_MAX);
+
 	/* overlay on gen2 is broken and can't address above 1G */
 	if (IS_GEN(dev_priv, 2)) {
 		ret = dma_set_coherent_mask(&pdev->dev, DMA_BIT_MASK(30));