diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 06ee82f557d45ba31b4847c187f57771ae2c73d2..27a00b00603325c61a96d36a7b7ecd1fe64dd269 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -1197,6 +1197,37 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbnet_tx_timeout);
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+static int build_dma_sg(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct urb *urb)
+{
+	unsigned num_sgs, total_len = 0;
+	int i, s = 0;
+
+	num_sgs = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags + 1;
+	if (num_sgs == 1)
+		return 0;
+
+	urb->sg = kmalloc(num_sgs * sizeof(struct scatterlist), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!urb->sg)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	urb->num_sgs = num_sgs;
+	sg_init_table(urb->sg, urb->num_sgs);
+
+	sg_set_buf(&urb->sg[s++], skb->data, skb_headlen(skb));
+	total_len += skb_headlen(skb);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags; i++) {
+		struct skb_frag_struct *f = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[i];
+
+		total_len += skb_frag_size(f);
+		sg_set_page(&urb->sg[i + s], f->page.p, f->size,
+				f->page_offset);
+	}
+	urb->transfer_buffer_length = total_len;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 netdev_tx_t usbnet_start_xmit (struct sk_buff *skb,
 				     struct net_device *net)
 {
@@ -1223,7 +1254,6 @@ netdev_tx_t usbnet_start_xmit (struct sk_buff *skb,
 			goto drop;
 		}
 	}
-	length = skb->len;
 
 	if (!(urb = usb_alloc_urb (0, GFP_ATOMIC))) {
 		netif_dbg(dev, tx_err, dev->net, "no urb\n");
@@ -1233,10 +1263,14 @@ netdev_tx_t usbnet_start_xmit (struct sk_buff *skb,
 	entry = (struct skb_data *) skb->cb;
 	entry->urb = urb;
 	entry->dev = dev;
-	entry->length = length;
 
 	usb_fill_bulk_urb (urb, dev->udev, dev->out,
 			skb->data, skb->len, tx_complete, skb);
+	if (dev->can_dma_sg) {
+		if (build_dma_sg(skb, urb) < 0)
+			goto drop;
+	}
+	entry->length = length = urb->transfer_buffer_length;
 
 	/* don't assume the hardware handles USB_ZERO_PACKET
 	 * NOTE:  strictly conforming cdc-ether devices should expect
@@ -1305,7 +1339,10 @@ drop:
 not_drop:
 		if (skb)
 			dev_kfree_skb_any (skb);
-		usb_free_urb (urb);
+		if (urb) {
+			kfree(urb->sg);
+			usb_free_urb(urb);
+		}
 	} else
 		netif_dbg(dev, tx_queued, dev->net,
 			  "> tx, len %d, type 0x%x\n", length, skb->protocol);
@@ -1356,6 +1393,7 @@ static void usbnet_bh (unsigned long param)
 			rx_process (dev, skb);
 			continue;
 		case tx_done:
+			kfree(entry->urb->sg);
 		case rx_cleanup:
 			usb_free_urb (entry->urb);
 			dev_kfree_skb (skb);
@@ -1689,6 +1727,7 @@ int usbnet_resume (struct usb_interface *intf)
 			retval = usb_submit_urb(res, GFP_ATOMIC);
 			if (retval < 0) {
 				dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+				kfree(res->sg);
 				usb_free_urb(res);
 				usb_autopm_put_interface_async(dev->intf);
 			} else {
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h b/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
index f18d64129f99982f966f3c2fe733cd85260dc625..2b47e6364e3697ff1fbd684b923da5cd6ec65e82 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ struct usbnet {
 	struct mutex		phy_mutex;
 	unsigned char		suspend_count;
 	unsigned char		pkt_cnt, pkt_err;
+	unsigned		can_dma_sg:1;
 
 	/* i/o info: pipes etc */
 	unsigned		in, out;