diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c b/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c
index 62086829af14..ad97615b75b1 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/uas.c
@@ -925,6 +925,24 @@ static int uas_eh_bus_reset_handler(struct scsi_cmnd *cmnd)
 static int uas_slave_alloc(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 {
 	sdev->hostdata = (void *)sdev->host->hostdata;
+
+	/* USB has unusual DMA-alignment requirements: Although the
+	 * starting address of each scatter-gather element doesn't matter,
+	 * the length of each element except the last must be divisible
+	 * by the Bulk maxpacket value.  There's currently no way to
+	 * express this by block-layer constraints, so we'll cop out
+	 * and simply require addresses to be aligned at 512-byte
+	 * boundaries.  This is okay since most block I/O involves
+	 * hardware sectors that are multiples of 512 bytes in length,
+	 * and since host controllers up through USB 2.0 have maxpacket
+	 * values no larger than 512.
+	 *
+	 * But it doesn't suffice for Wireless USB, where Bulk maxpacket
+	 * values can be as large as 2048.  To make that work properly
+	 * will require changes to the block layer.
+	 */
+	blk_queue_update_dma_alignment(sdev->request_queue, (512 - 1));
+
 	return 0;
 }