if (!dwc3_calc_trbs_left(dep))
                return;
 
+       /*
+        * We can get in a situation where there's a request in the started list
+        * but there weren't enough TRBs to fully kick it in the first time
+        * around, so it has been waiting for more TRBs to be freed up.
+        *
+        * In that case, we should check if we have a request with pending_sgs
+        * in the started list and prepare TRBs for that request first,
+        * otherwise we will prepare TRBs completely out of order and that will
+        * break things.
+        */
+       list_for_each_entry(req, &dep->started_list, list) {
+               if (req->num_pending_sgs > 0)
+                       dwc3_prepare_one_trb_sg(dep, req);
+
+               if (!dwc3_calc_trbs_left(dep))
+                       return;
+       }
+
        list_for_each_entry_safe(req, n, &dep->pending_list, list) {
                if (req->num_pending_sgs > 0)
                        dwc3_prepare_one_trb_sg(dep, req);