diff --git a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
index 4b50d9a3018a..4ba642fc8a19 100644
--- a/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h
+++ b/include/rdma/ib_verbs.h

@@ -4097,8 +4097,13 @@ static inline int ib_dma_map_sgtable_attrs(struct ib_dev>
                                           enum dma_data_direction direction,
                                           unsigned long dma_attrs)
 {
+       int nents;
+
        if (ib_uses_virt_dma(dev)) {
-               ib_dma_virt_map_sg(dev, sgt->sgl, sgt->orig_nents);
+               nents = ib_dma_virt_map_sg(dev, sgt->sgl, sgt->orig_nents);
+               if (!nents)
+                       return -EIO;
+               sgt->nents = nents;
                return 0;
        }