pad_buf = ap->pad + (qc->tag * ATA_DMA_PAD_SZ);
 
        if (qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_SG) {
-               dma_unmap_sg(ap->host_set->dev, sg, qc->n_elem, dir);
+               if (qc->n_elem)
+                       dma_unmap_sg(ap->host_set->dev, sg, qc->n_elem, dir);
                /* restore last sg */
                sg[qc->orig_n_elem - 1].length += qc->pad_len;
                if (pad_buf) {
                        kunmap_atomic(psg->page, KM_IRQ0);
                }
        } else {
-               dma_unmap_single(ap->host_set->dev, sg_dma_address(&sg[0]),
-                                sg_dma_len(&sg[0]), dir);
+               if (sg_dma_len(&sg[0]) > 0)
+                       dma_unmap_single(ap->host_set->dev,
+                               sg_dma_address(&sg[0]), sg_dma_len(&sg[0]),
+                               dir);
                /* restore sg */
                sg->length += qc->pad_len;
                if (pad_buf)
                        sg->length, qc->pad_len);
        }
 
+       if (!sg->length) {
+               sg_dma_address(sg) = 0;
+               goto skip_map;
+       }
+
        dma_address = dma_map_single(ap->host_set->dev, qc->buf_virt,
                                     sg->length, dir);
        if (dma_mapping_error(dma_address)) {
        }
 
        sg_dma_address(sg) = dma_address;
+skip_map:
        sg_dma_len(sg) = sg->length;
 
        DPRINTK("mapped buffer of %d bytes for %s\n", sg_dma_len(sg),
        struct ata_port *ap = qc->ap;
        struct scatterlist *sg = qc->__sg;
        struct scatterlist *lsg = &sg[qc->n_elem - 1];
-       int n_elem, dir;
+       int n_elem, pre_n_elem, dir, trim_sg = 0;
 
        VPRINTK("ENTER, ata%u\n", ap->id);
        assert(qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_SG);
                sg_dma_len(psg) = ATA_DMA_PAD_SZ;
                /* trim last sg */
                lsg->length -= qc->pad_len;
+               if (lsg->length == 0)
+                       trim_sg = 1;
 
                DPRINTK("padding done, sg[%d].length=%u pad_len=%u\n",
                        qc->n_elem - 1, lsg->length, qc->pad_len);
        }
 
+       pre_n_elem = qc->n_elem;
+       if (trim_sg && pre_n_elem)
+               pre_n_elem--;
+
+       if (!pre_n_elem) {
+               n_elem = 0;
+               goto skip_map;
+       }
+
        dir = qc->dma_dir;
-       n_elem = dma_map_sg(ap->host_set->dev, sg, qc->n_elem, dir);
+       n_elem = dma_map_sg(ap->host_set->dev, sg, pre_n_elem, dir);
        if (n_elem < 1) {
                /* restore last sg */
                lsg->length += qc->pad_len;
 
        DPRINTK("%d sg elements mapped\n", n_elem);
 
+skip_map:
        qc->n_elem = n_elem;
 
        return 0;