diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c b/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c
index 96e614a..59e65ed 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_inic162x.c
@@ -108,17 +108,6 @@
 	u8	cached_pirq_mask;
 };
 
-static int inic_slave_config(struct scsi_device *sdev)
-{
-	/* This controller is braindamaged.  dma_boundary is 0xffff
-	 * like others but it will lock up the whole machine HARD if
-	 * 65536 byte PRD entry is fed.  Reduce maximum segment size.
-	 */
-	blk_queue_max_segment_size(sdev->request_queue, 65536 - 512);
-
-	return ata_scsi_slave_config(sdev);
-}
-
 static struct scsi_host_template inic_sht = {
 	.module			= THIS_MODULE,
 	.name			= DRV_NAME,
@@ -132,7 +121,7 @@
 	.use_clustering		= ATA_SHT_USE_CLUSTERING,
 	.proc_name		= DRV_NAME,
 	.dma_boundary		= ATA_DMA_BOUNDARY,
-	.slave_configure	= inic_slave_config,
+	.slave_configure	= ata_scsi_slave_config,
 	.slave_destroy		= ata_scsi_slave_destroy,
 	.bios_param		= ata_std_bios_param,
 };
@@ -730,6 +719,18 @@
 		return rc;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * This controller is braindamaged.  dma_boundary is 0xffff
+	 * like others but it will lock up the whole machine HARD if
+	 * 65536 byte PRD entry is fed. Reduce maximum segment size.
+	 */
+	rc = pci_set_dma_max_seg_size(pdev, 65536 - 512);
+	if (rc) {
+		dev_printk(KERN_ERR, &pdev->dev,
+			   "failed to set the maximum segment size.\n");
+		return rc;
+	}
+
 	rc = init_controller(iomap[MMIO_BAR], hpriv->cached_hctl);
 	if (rc) {
 		dev_printk(KERN_ERR, &pdev->dev,