diff --git a/hw/ide/ahci.c b/hw/ide/ahci.c
index efea93f..9c95714 100644
--- a/hw/ide/ahci.c
+++ b/hw/ide/ahci.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static void ahci_write_fis_d2h(AHCIDevice *ad, uint8_t *cmd_fis)
     }
 }
 
-static int ahci_populate_sglist(AHCIDevice *ad, QEMUSGList *sglist)
+static int ahci_populate_sglist(AHCIDevice *ad, QEMUSGList *sglist, int offset)
 {
     AHCICmdHdr *cmd = ad->cur_cmd;
     uint32_t opts = le32_to_cpu(cmd->opts);
@@ -647,6 +647,10 @@ static int ahci_populate_sglist(AHCIDevice *ad, QEMUSGList *sglist)
     uint8_t *prdt;
     int i;
     int r = 0;
+    int sum = 0;
+    int off_idx = -1;
+    int off_pos = 0;
+    int tbl_entry_size;
 
     if (!sglist_alloc_hint) {
         DPRINTF(ad->port_no, "no sg list given by guest: 0x%08x\n", opts);
@@ -669,10 +673,31 @@ static int ahci_populate_sglist(AHCIDevice *ad, QEMUSGList *sglist)
     /* Get entries in the PRDT, init a qemu sglist accordingly */
     if (sglist_alloc_hint > 0) {
         AHCI_SG *tbl = (AHCI_SG *)prdt;
-
-        qemu_sglist_init(sglist, sglist_alloc_hint, ad->hba->dma);
+        sum = 0;
         for (i = 0; i < sglist_alloc_hint; i++) {
             /* flags_size is zero-based */
+            tbl_entry_size = (le32_to_cpu(tbl[i].flags_size) + 1);
+            if (offset <= (sum + tbl_entry_size)) {
+                off_idx = i;
+                off_pos = offset - sum;
+                break;
+            }
+            sum += tbl_entry_size;
+        }
+        if ((off_idx == -1) || (off_pos < 0) || (off_pos > tbl_entry_size)) {
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: Incorrect offset! "
+                            "off_idx: %d, off_pos: %d\n",
+                            __func__, off_idx, off_pos);
+            r = -1;
+            goto out;
+        }
+
+        qemu_sglist_init(sglist, (sglist_alloc_hint - off_idx), ad->hba->dma);
+        qemu_sglist_add(sglist, le64_to_cpu(tbl[off_idx].addr + off_pos),
+                        le32_to_cpu(tbl[off_idx].flags_size) + 1 - off_pos);
+
+        for (i = off_idx + 1; i < sglist_alloc_hint; i++) {
+            /* flags_size is zero-based */
             qemu_sglist_add(sglist, le64_to_cpu(tbl[i].addr),
                             le32_to_cpu(tbl[i].flags_size) + 1);
         }
@@ -745,7 +770,7 @@ static void process_ncq_command(AHCIState *s, int port, uint8_t *cmd_fis,
             ncq_tfs->lba, ncq_tfs->lba + ncq_tfs->sector_count - 2,
             s->dev[port].port.ifs[0].nb_sectors - 1);
 
-    ahci_populate_sglist(&s->dev[port], &ncq_tfs->sglist);
+    ahci_populate_sglist(&s->dev[port], &ncq_tfs->sglist, 0);
     ncq_tfs->tag = tag;
 
     switch(ncq_fis->command) {
@@ -970,7 +995,7 @@ static int ahci_start_transfer(IDEDMA *dma)
         goto out;
     }
 
-    if (!ahci_populate_sglist(ad, &s->sg)) {
+    if (!ahci_populate_sglist(ad, &s->sg, 0)) {
         has_sglist = 1;
     }
 
@@ -1015,6 +1040,7 @@ static void ahci_start_dma(IDEDMA *dma, IDEState *s,
     DPRINTF(ad->port_no, "\n");
     ad->dma_cb = dma_cb;
     ad->dma_status |= BM_STATUS_DMAING;
+    s->io_buffer_offset = 0;
     dma_cb(s, 0);
 }
 
@@ -1023,7 +1049,7 @@ static int ahci_dma_prepare_buf(IDEDMA *dma, int is_write)
     AHCIDevice *ad = DO_UPCAST(AHCIDevice, dma, dma);
     IDEState *s = &ad->port.ifs[0];
 
-    ahci_populate_sglist(ad, &s->sg);
+    ahci_populate_sglist(ad, &s->sg, 0);
     s->io_buffer_size = s->sg.size;
 
     DPRINTF(ad->port_no, "len=%#x\n", s->io_buffer_size);
@@ -1037,7 +1063,7 @@ static int ahci_dma_rw_buf(IDEDMA *dma, int is_write)
     uint8_t *p = s->io_buffer + s->io_buffer_index;
     int l = s->io_buffer_size - s->io_buffer_index;
 
-    if (ahci_populate_sglist(ad, &s->sg)) {
+    if (ahci_populate_sglist(ad, &s->sg, s->io_buffer_offset)) {
         return 0;
     }
 
@@ -1050,6 +1076,7 @@ static int ahci_dma_rw_buf(IDEDMA *dma, int is_write)
     /* update number of transferred bytes */
     ad->cur_cmd->status = cpu_to_le32(le32_to_cpu(ad->cur_cmd->status) + l);
     s->io_buffer_index += l;
+    s->io_buffer_offset += l;
 
     DPRINTF(ad->port_no, "len=%#x\n", l);
 
diff --git a/hw/ide/internal.h b/hw/ide/internal.h
index 7170bd9..bf7d313 100644
--- a/hw/ide/internal.h
+++ b/hw/ide/internal.h
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ struct IDEState {
     struct iovec iov;
     QEMUIOVector qiov;
     /* ATA DMA state */
+    int io_buffer_offset;
     int io_buffer_size;
     QEMUSGList sg;
     /* PIO transfer handling */
