diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c b/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
index 1c53c8a7d21f..ea7af1f16844 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_mv.c
@@ -398,8 +398,8 @@ struct mv_port_priv {
 	dma_addr_t		crqb_dma;
 	struct mv_crpb		*crpb;
 	dma_addr_t		crpb_dma;
-	struct mv_sg		*sg_tbl;
-	dma_addr_t		sg_tbl_dma;
+	struct mv_sg		*sg_tbl[MV_MAX_Q_DEPTH];
+	dma_addr_t		sg_tbl_dma[MV_MAX_Q_DEPTH];
 
 	unsigned int		req_idx;
 	unsigned int		resp_idx;
@@ -483,6 +483,10 @@ static void mv_edma_cfg(struct mv_port_priv *pp, struct mv_host_priv *hpriv,
 			void __iomem *port_mmio, int want_ncq);
 static int __mv_stop_dma(struct ata_port *ap);
 
+/* .sg_tablesize is (MV_MAX_SG_CT / 2) in the structures below
+ * because we have to allow room for worst case splitting of
+ * PRDs for 64K boundaries in mv_fill_sg().
+ */
 static struct scsi_host_template mv5_sht = {
 	.module			= THIS_MODULE,
 	.name			= DRV_NAME,
@@ -1107,6 +1111,7 @@ static void mv_port_free_dma_mem(struct ata_port *ap)
 {
 	struct mv_host_priv *hpriv = ap->host->private_data;
 	struct mv_port_priv *pp = ap->private_data;
+	int tag;
 
 	if (pp->crqb) {
 		dma_pool_free(hpriv->crqb_pool, pp->crqb, pp->crqb_dma);
@@ -1116,9 +1121,18 @@ static void mv_port_free_dma_mem(struct ata_port *ap)
 		dma_pool_free(hpriv->crpb_pool, pp->crpb, pp->crpb_dma);
 		pp->crpb = NULL;
 	}
-	if (pp->sg_tbl) {
-		dma_pool_free(hpriv->sg_tbl_pool, pp->sg_tbl, pp->sg_tbl_dma);
-		pp->sg_tbl = NULL;
+	/*
+	 * For GEN_I, there's no NCQ, so we have only a single sg_tbl.
+	 * For later hardware, we have one unique sg_tbl per NCQ tag.
+	 */
+	for (tag = 0; tag < MV_MAX_Q_DEPTH; ++tag) {
+		if (pp->sg_tbl[tag]) {
+			if (tag == 0 || !IS_GEN_I(hpriv))
+				dma_pool_free(hpriv->sg_tbl_pool,
+					      pp->sg_tbl[tag],
+					      pp->sg_tbl_dma[tag]);
+			pp->sg_tbl[tag] = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1139,7 +1153,7 @@ static int mv_port_start(struct ata_port *ap)
 	struct mv_port_priv *pp;
 	void __iomem *port_mmio = mv_ap_base(ap);
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int rc;
+	int tag, rc;
 
 	pp = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*pp), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pp)
@@ -1160,10 +1174,21 @@ static int mv_port_start(struct ata_port *ap)
 		goto out_port_free_dma_mem;
 	memset(pp->crpb, 0, MV_CRPB_Q_SZ);
 
-	pp->sg_tbl = dma_pool_alloc(hpriv->sg_tbl_pool, GFP_KERNEL,
-							      &pp->sg_tbl_dma);
-	if (!pp->sg_tbl)
-		goto out_port_free_dma_mem;
+	/*
+	 * For GEN_I, there's no NCQ, so we only allocate a single sg_tbl.
+	 * For later hardware, we need one unique sg_tbl per NCQ tag.
+	 */
+	for (tag = 0; tag < MV_MAX_Q_DEPTH; ++tag) {
+		if (tag == 0 || !IS_GEN_I(hpriv)) {
+			pp->sg_tbl[tag] = dma_pool_alloc(hpriv->sg_tbl_pool,
+					      GFP_KERNEL, &pp->sg_tbl_dma[tag]);
+			if (!pp->sg_tbl[tag])
+				goto out_port_free_dma_mem;
+		} else {
+			pp->sg_tbl[tag]     = pp->sg_tbl[0];
+			pp->sg_tbl_dma[tag] = pp->sg_tbl_dma[0];
+		}
+	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ap->host->lock, flags);
 
@@ -1214,7 +1239,7 @@ static void mv_fill_sg(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	struct mv_sg *mv_sg, *last_sg = NULL;
 	unsigned int si;
 
-	mv_sg = pp->sg_tbl;
+	mv_sg = pp->sg_tbl[qc->tag];
 	for_each_sg(qc->sg, sg, qc->n_elem, si) {
 		dma_addr_t addr = sg_dma_address(sg);
 		u32 sg_len = sg_dma_len(sg);
@@ -1284,9 +1309,9 @@ static void mv_qc_prep(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	in_index = pp->req_idx & MV_MAX_Q_DEPTH_MASK;
 
 	pp->crqb[in_index].sg_addr =
-		cpu_to_le32(pp->sg_tbl_dma & 0xffffffff);
+		cpu_to_le32(pp->sg_tbl_dma[qc->tag] & 0xffffffff);
 	pp->crqb[in_index].sg_addr_hi =
-		cpu_to_le32((pp->sg_tbl_dma >> 16) >> 16);
+		cpu_to_le32((pp->sg_tbl_dma[qc->tag] >> 16) >> 16);
 	pp->crqb[in_index].ctrl_flags = cpu_to_le16(flags);
 
 	cw = &pp->crqb[in_index].ata_cmd[0];
@@ -1377,8 +1402,8 @@ static void mv_qc_prep_iie(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	in_index = pp->req_idx & MV_MAX_Q_DEPTH_MASK;
 
 	crqb = (struct mv_crqb_iie *) &pp->crqb[in_index];
-	crqb->addr = cpu_to_le32(pp->sg_tbl_dma & 0xffffffff);
-	crqb->addr_hi = cpu_to_le32((pp->sg_tbl_dma >> 16) >> 16);
+	crqb->addr = cpu_to_le32(pp->sg_tbl_dma[qc->tag] & 0xffffffff);
+	crqb->addr_hi = cpu_to_le32((pp->sg_tbl_dma[qc->tag] >> 16) >> 16);
 	crqb->flags = cpu_to_le32(flags);
 
 	tf = &qc->tf;