diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/renesas_sdhi_internal_dmac.c b/drivers/mmc/host/renesas_sdhi_internal_dmac.c
index c9dab9ce1ed5..e5e5015ca680 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/renesas_sdhi_internal_dmac.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/renesas_sdhi_internal_dmac.c
@@ -308,12 +308,20 @@ static const struct soc_device_attribute gen3_soc_whitelist[] = {
 static int renesas_sdhi_internal_dmac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	const struct soc_device_attribute *soc = soc_device_match(gen3_soc_whitelist);
+	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 
 	if (!soc)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	global_flags |= (unsigned long)soc->data;
 
+	dev->dma_parms = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*dev->dma_parms), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dev->dma_parms)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* value is max of SD_SECCNT. Confirmed by HW engineers */
+	dma_set_max_seg_size(dev, 0xffffffff);
+
 	return renesas_sdhi_probe(pdev, &renesas_sdhi_internal_dmac_dma_ops);
 }