diff --git a/lib/scatterlist.c b/lib/scatterlist.c
index 3a8e8e8..b4415fc 100644
--- a/lib/scatterlist.c
+++ b/lib/scatterlist.c
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
  * __sg_free_table - Free a previously mapped sg table
  * @table:	The sg table header to use
  * @max_ents:	The maximum number of entries per single scatterlist
+ * @skip_first_chunk: don't free the (preallocated) first scatterlist chunk
  * @free_fn:	Free function
  *
  *  Description:
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@
  *
  **/
 void __sg_free_table(struct sg_table *table, unsigned int max_ents,
-		     sg_free_fn *free_fn)
+		     bool skip_first_chunk, sg_free_fn *free_fn)
 {
 	struct scatterlist *sgl, *next;
 
@@ -202,7 +203,10 @@
 		}
 
 		table->orig_nents -= sg_size;
-		free_fn(sgl, alloc_size);
+		if (!skip_first_chunk) {
+			free_fn(sgl, alloc_size);
+			skip_first_chunk = false;
+		}
 		sgl = next;
 	}
 
@@ -217,7 +221,7 @@
  **/
 void sg_free_table(struct sg_table *table)
 {
-	__sg_free_table(table, SG_MAX_SINGLE_ALLOC, sg_kfree);
+	__sg_free_table(table, SG_MAX_SINGLE_ALLOC, false, sg_kfree);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_free_table);
 
@@ -241,8 +245,8 @@
  *
  **/
 int __sg_alloc_table(struct sg_table *table, unsigned int nents,
-		     unsigned int max_ents, gfp_t gfp_mask,
-		     sg_alloc_fn *alloc_fn)
+		     unsigned int max_ents, struct scatterlist *first_chunk,
+		     gfp_t gfp_mask, sg_alloc_fn *alloc_fn)
 {
 	struct scatterlist *sg, *prv;
 	unsigned int left;
@@ -269,7 +273,12 @@
 
 		left -= sg_size;
 
-		sg = alloc_fn(alloc_size, gfp_mask);
+		if (first_chunk) {
+			sg = first_chunk;
+			first_chunk = NULL;
+		} else {
+			sg = alloc_fn(alloc_size, gfp_mask);
+		}
 		if (unlikely(!sg)) {
 			/*
 			 * Adjust entry count to reflect that the last
@@ -324,9 +333,9 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = __sg_alloc_table(table, nents, SG_MAX_SINGLE_ALLOC,
-			       gfp_mask, sg_kmalloc);
+			       NULL, gfp_mask, sg_kmalloc);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
-		__sg_free_table(table, SG_MAX_SINGLE_ALLOC, sg_kfree);
+		__sg_free_table(table, SG_MAX_SINGLE_ALLOC, false, sg_kfree);
 
 	return ret;
 }