diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index fb8fb8852c3b..de5ba479c224 100644
--- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -1351,8 +1351,20 @@ int blk_rq_map_sg(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 new_segment:
 			if (!sg)
 				sg = sglist;
-			else
+			else {
+				/*
+				 * If the driver previously mapped a shorter
+				 * list, we could see a termination bit
+				 * prematurely unless it fully inits the sg
+				 * table on each mapping. We KNOW that there
+				 * must be more entries here or the driver
+				 * would be buggy, so force clear the
+				 * termination bit to avoid doing a full
+				 * sg_init_table() in drivers for each command.
+				 */
+				sg->page_link &= ~0x02;
 				sg = sg_next(sg);
+			}
 
 			sg_set_page(sg, bvec->bv_page);
 			sg->length = nbytes;