return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+ * _base_allocate_reply_pool - Allocating DMA'able memory
+ *                     for reply pool.
+ * @ioc: Adapter object
+ * @sz: DMA Pool size
+ * Return: 0 for success, non-zero for failure.
+ */
+static int
+_base_allocate_reply_pool(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u32 sz)
+{
+       /* reply pool, 4 byte align */
+       ioc->reply_dma_pool = dma_pool_create("reply pool",
+           &ioc->pdev->dev, sz, 4, 0);
+       if (!ioc->reply_dma_pool)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       ioc->reply = dma_pool_alloc(ioc->reply_dma_pool, GFP_KERNEL,
+           &ioc->reply_dma);
+       if (!ioc->reply)
+               return -EAGAIN;
+       if (!mpt3sas_check_same_4gb_region((long)ioc->reply_free, sz)) {
+               dinitprintk(ioc, pr_err(
+                   "Bad Reply Pool! Reply (0x%p) Reply dma = (0x%llx)\n",
+                   ioc->reply, (unsigned long long) ioc->reply_dma));
+               ioc->use_32bit_dma = true;
+               return -EAGAIN;
+       }
+       ioc->reply_dma_min_address = (u32)(ioc->reply_dma);
+       ioc->reply_dma_max_address = (u32)(ioc->reply_dma) + sz;
+       ioc_info(ioc,
+           "reply pool(0x%p) - dma(0x%llx): depth(%d), frame_size(%d), pool_size(%d kB)\n",
+           ioc->reply, (unsigned long long)ioc->reply_dma,
+           ioc->reply_free_queue_depth, ioc->reply_sz, sz/1024);
+       return 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * base_alloc_rdpq_dma_pool - Allocating DMA'able memory
  *                     for reply queues.
            "element_size(%d), pool_size(%d kB)\n",
            ioc->sense, (unsigned long long)ioc->sense_dma, ioc->scsiio_depth,
            SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, sz / 1024);
-
        /* reply pool, 4 byte align */
        sz = ioc->reply_free_queue_depth * ioc->reply_sz;
-       ioc->reply_dma_pool = dma_pool_create("reply pool", &ioc->pdev->dev, sz,
-                                             4, 0);
-       if (!ioc->reply_dma_pool) {
-               ioc_err(ioc, "reply pool: dma_pool_create failed\n");
-               goto out;
-       }
-       ioc->reply = dma_pool_alloc(ioc->reply_dma_pool, GFP_KERNEL,
-           &ioc->reply_dma);
-       if (!ioc->reply) {
-               ioc_err(ioc, "reply pool: dma_pool_alloc failed\n");
-               goto out;
-       }
-       ioc->reply_dma_min_address = (u32)(ioc->reply_dma);
-       ioc->reply_dma_max_address = (u32)(ioc->reply_dma) + sz;
-       dinitprintk(ioc,
-                   ioc_info(ioc, "reply pool(0x%p): depth(%d), frame_size(%d), pool_size(%d kB)\n",
-                            ioc->reply, ioc->reply_free_queue_depth,
-                            ioc->reply_sz, sz / 1024));
-       dinitprintk(ioc,
-                   ioc_info(ioc, "reply_dma(0x%llx)\n",
-                            (unsigned long long)ioc->reply_dma));
+       rc = _base_allocate_reply_pool(ioc, sz);
+       if (rc == -ENOMEM)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       else if (rc == -EAGAIN)
+               goto try_32bit_dma;
        total_sz += sz;
-
        /* reply free queue, 16 byte align */
        sz = ioc->reply_free_queue_depth * 4;
        ioc->reply_free_dma_pool = dma_pool_create("reply_free pool",