diff --git a/sys/dev/isci/isci.c b/sys/dev/isci/isci.c
index d9f210ea6ee..cb6bac483d2 100644
--- a/sys/dev/isci/isci.c
+++ b/sys/dev/isci/isci.c
@@ -414,7 +414,8 @@ isci_allocate_dma_buffer(device_t device, struct ISCI_CONTROLLER *controller,
 	uint32_t status;
 
 	status = bus_dma_tag_create(bus_get_dma_tag(device),
-	    0x40 /* cacheline alignment */, 0x0, BUS_SPACE_MAXADDR,
+	    0x40 /* cacheline alignment */,
+	    ISCI_DMA_BOUNDARY, BUS_SPACE_MAXADDR,
 	    BUS_SPACE_MAXADDR, NULL, NULL, memory->size,
 	    0x1 /* we want physically contiguous */,
 	    memory->size, 0, busdma_lock_mutex, &controller->lock,
diff --git a/sys/dev/isci/isci.h b/sys/dev/isci/isci.h
index 33b5869e257..ac46a6f48a5 100644
--- a/sys/dev/isci/isci.h
+++ b/sys/dev/isci/isci.h
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
 #define ISCI_NUM_PCI_BARS  2
 #define ISCI_MAX_LUN		 8
 
+/* This device cannot DMA across a 4GB boundary */
+#define	ISCI_DMA_BOUNDARY		((bus_addr_t)((uint64_t)1 << 32))
+
 MALLOC_DECLARE(M_ISCI);
 
 struct ISCI_TIMER {
diff --git a/sys/dev/isci/isci_controller.c b/sys/dev/isci/isci_controller.c
index 8e3f992f24b..7e8319b3e5e 100644
--- a/sys/dev/isci/isci_controller.c
+++ b/sys/dev/isci/isci_controller.c
@@ -477,9 +477,9 @@ int isci_controller_allocate_memory(struct ISCI_CONTROLLER *controller)
 	 *  will enable better performance than creating the DMA maps every time we get
 	 *  an I/O.
 	 */
-	status = bus_dma_tag_create(bus_get_dma_tag(device), 0x1, 0x0,
-	    BUS_SPACE_MAXADDR, BUS_SPACE_MAXADDR, NULL, NULL,
-	    isci_io_request_get_max_io_size(),
+	status = bus_dma_tag_create(bus_get_dma_tag(device), 0x1,
+	    ISCI_DMA_BOUNDARY, BUS_SPACE_MAXADDR, BUS_SPACE_MAXADDR,
+	    NULL, NULL, isci_io_request_get_max_io_size(),
 	    SCI_MAX_SCATTER_GATHER_ELEMENTS, max_segment_size, 0,
 	    busdma_lock_mutex, &controller->lock,
 	    &controller->buffer_dma_tag);