diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c
index 7fadaec777ce..4c5dbd8248e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c
@@ -559,41 +559,71 @@ static void iwl_dump_prph(struct iwl_fw_runtime *fwrt,
 }
 
 /*
- * alloc_sgtable - allocates scallerlist table in the given size,
- * fills it with pages and returns it
+ * alloc_sgtable - allocates (chained) scatterlist in the given size,
+ *	fills it with pages and returns it
  * @size: the size (in bytes) of the table
-*/
-static struct scatterlist *alloc_sgtable(int size)
+ */
+static struct scatterlist *alloc_sgtable(ssize_t size)
 {
-	int alloc_size, nents, i;
-	struct page *new_page;
-	struct scatterlist *iter;
-	struct scatterlist *table;
+	struct scatterlist *result = NULL, *prev;
+	int nents, i, n_prev;
 
 	nents = DIV_ROUND_UP(size, PAGE_SIZE);
-	table = kcalloc(nents, sizeof(*table), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!table)
-		return NULL;
-	sg_init_table(table, nents);
-	iter = table;
-	for_each_sg(table, iter, sg_nents(table), i) {
-		new_page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!new_page) {
-			/* release all previous allocated pages in the table */
-			iter = table;
-			for_each_sg(table, iter, sg_nents(table), i) {
-				new_page = sg_page(iter);
-				if (new_page)
-					__free_page(new_page);
-			}
-			kfree(table);
+
+#define N_ENTRIES_PER_PAGE (PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(*result))
+	/*
+	 * We need an additional entry for table chaining,
+	 * this ensures the loop can finish i.e. we can
+	 * fit at least two entries per page (obviously,
+	 * many more really fit.)
+	 */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(N_ENTRIES_PER_PAGE < 2);
+
+	while (nents > 0) {
+		struct scatterlist *new, *iter;
+		int n_fill, n_alloc;
+
+		if (nents <= N_ENTRIES_PER_PAGE) {
+			/* last needed table */
+			n_fill = nents;
+			n_alloc = nents;
+			nents = 0;
+		} else {
+			/* fill a page with entries */
+			n_alloc = N_ENTRIES_PER_PAGE;
+			/* reserve one for chaining */
+			n_fill = n_alloc - 1;
+			nents -= n_fill;
+		}
+
+		new = kcalloc(n_alloc, sizeof(*new), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!new) {
+			if (result)
+				_devcd_free_sgtable(result);
 			return NULL;
 		}
-		alloc_size = min_t(int, size, PAGE_SIZE);
-		size -= PAGE_SIZE;
-		sg_set_page(iter, new_page, alloc_size, 0);
+		sg_init_table(new, n_alloc);
+
+		if (!result)
+			result = new;
+		else
+			sg_chain(prev, n_prev, new);
+		prev = new;
+		n_prev = n_alloc;
+
+		for_each_sg(new, iter, n_fill, i) {
+			struct page *new_page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+
+			if (!new_page) {
+				_devcd_free_sgtable(result);
+				return NULL;
+			}
+
+			sg_set_page(iter, new_page, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
+		}
 	}
-	return table;
+
+	return result;
 }
 
 static void iwl_fw_get_prph_len(struct iwl_fw_runtime *fwrt,