diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c
index e54f829..54540c3 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/pci_iommu.c
@@ -126,13 +126,34 @@
 	return iommu_arena_new_node(0, hose, base, window_size, align);
 }
 
+static inline int is_span_boundary(unsigned int index, unsigned int nr,
+				   unsigned long shift,
+				   unsigned long boundary_size)
+{
+	shift = (shift + index) & (boundary_size - 1);
+	return shift + nr > boundary_size;
+}
+
 /* Must be called with the arena lock held */
 static long
-iommu_arena_find_pages(struct pci_iommu_arena *arena, long n, long mask)
+iommu_arena_find_pages(struct device *dev, struct pci_iommu_arena *arena,
+		       long n, long mask)
 {
 	unsigned long *ptes;
 	long i, p, nent;
 	int pass = 0;
+	unsigned long base;
+	unsigned long boundary_size;
+
+	BUG_ON(arena->dma_base & ~PAGE_MASK);
+	base = arena->dma_base >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	if (dev)
+		boundary_size = ALIGN(dma_get_max_seg_size(dev) + 1, PAGE_SIZE)
+			>> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	else
+		boundary_size = ALIGN(1UL << 32, PAGE_SIZE) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+
+	BUG_ON(!is_power_of_2(boundary_size));
 
 	/* Search forward for the first mask-aligned sequence of N free ptes */
 	ptes = arena->ptes;
@@ -142,6 +163,11 @@
 
 again:
 	while (i < n && p+i < nent) {
+		if (!i && is_span_boundary(p, n, base, boundary_size)) {
+			p = ALIGN(p + 1, mask + 1);
+			goto again;
+		}
+
 		if (ptes[p+i])
 			p = ALIGN(p + i + 1, mask + 1), i = 0;
 		else
@@ -170,7 +196,8 @@
 }
 
 static long
-iommu_arena_alloc(struct pci_iommu_arena *arena, long n, unsigned int align)
+iommu_arena_alloc(struct device *dev, struct pci_iommu_arena *arena, long n,
+		  unsigned int align)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	unsigned long *ptes;
@@ -181,7 +208,7 @@
 	/* Search for N empty ptes */
 	ptes = arena->ptes;
 	mask = max(align, arena->align_entry) - 1;
-	p = iommu_arena_find_pages(arena, n, mask);
+	p = iommu_arena_find_pages(dev, arena, n, mask);
 	if (p < 0) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&arena->lock, flags);
 		return -1;
@@ -231,6 +258,7 @@
 	unsigned long paddr;
 	dma_addr_t ret;
 	unsigned int align = 0;
+	struct device *dev = pdev ? &pdev->dev : NULL;
 
 	paddr = __pa(cpu_addr);
 
@@ -278,7 +306,7 @@
 	/* Force allocation to 64KB boundary for ISA bridges. */
 	if (pdev && pdev == isa_bridge)
 		align = 8;
-	dma_ofs = iommu_arena_alloc(arena, npages, align);
+	dma_ofs = iommu_arena_alloc(dev, arena, npages, align);
 	if (dma_ofs < 0) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "pci_map_single failed: "
 		       "could not allocate dma page tables\n");
@@ -565,7 +593,7 @@
 
 	paddr &= ~PAGE_MASK;
 	npages = calc_npages(paddr + size);
-	dma_ofs = iommu_arena_alloc(arena, npages, 0);
+	dma_ofs = iommu_arena_alloc(dev, arena, npages, 0);
 	if (dma_ofs < 0) {
 		/* If we attempted a direct map above but failed, die.  */
 		if (leader->dma_address == 0)
@@ -832,7 +860,7 @@
 
 	/* Search for N empty ptes.  */
 	ptes = arena->ptes;
-	p = iommu_arena_find_pages(arena, pg_count, align_mask);
+	p = iommu_arena_find_pages(NULL, arena, pg_count, align_mask);
 	if (p < 0) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&arena->lock, flags);
 		return -1;