INQUIRY_EVPD                            = 0x01,
 
        ST_ADDITIONAL_MEM                       = 0x200000,
+       ST_ADDITIONAL_MEM_MIN                   = 0x80000,
 };
 
 struct st_sgitem {
        h->partner_type = HMU_PARTNER_TYPE;
        if (hba->extra_offset) {
                h->extra_offset = cpu_to_le32(hba->extra_offset);
-               h->extra_size = cpu_to_le32(ST_ADDITIONAL_MEM);
+               h->extra_size = cpu_to_le32(hba->dma_size - hba->extra_offset);
        } else
                h->extra_offset = h->extra_size = 0;
 
        hba->dma_mem = dma_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev,
                hba->dma_size, &hba->dma_handle, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!hba->dma_mem) {
-               err = -ENOMEM;
-               printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME "(%s): dma mem alloc failed\n",
-                       pci_name(pdev));
-               goto out_iounmap;
+               /* Retry minimum coherent mapping for st_seq and st_vsc */
+               if (hba->cardtype == st_seq ||
+                   (hba->cardtype == st_vsc && (pdev->subsystem_device & 1))) {
+                       printk(KERN_WARNING DRV_NAME
+                               "(%s): allocating min buffer for controller\n",
+                               pci_name(pdev));
+                       hba->dma_size = hba->extra_offset
+                               + ST_ADDITIONAL_MEM_MIN;
+                       hba->dma_mem = dma_alloc_coherent(&pdev->dev,
+                               hba->dma_size, &hba->dma_handle, GFP_KERNEL);
+               }
+
+               if (!hba->dma_mem) {
+                       err = -ENOMEM;
+                       printk(KERN_ERR DRV_NAME "(%s): dma mem alloc failed\n",
+                               pci_name(pdev));
+                       goto out_iounmap;
+               }
        }
 
        hba->ccb = kcalloc(ci->rq_count, sizeof(struct st_ccb), GFP_KERNEL);