--- /dev/null
+--- a/backport-include/linux/scatterlist.h
++++ b/backport-include/linux/scatterlist.h
+@@ -102,4 +102,27 @@ size_t sg_pcopy_from_buffer(struct scatt
+
+ #endif /* LINUX_VERSION_IS_LESS(3, 11, 0) */
+
++#if LINUX_VERSION_IS_LESS(4, 17, 0)
++
++#define sg_init_marker LINUX_BACKPORT(sg_init_marker)
++/**
++ * sg_init_marker - Initialize markers in sg table
++ * @sgl: The SG table
++ * @nents: Number of entries in table
++ *
++ **/
++static inline void sg_init_marker(struct scatterlist *sgl,
++ unsigned int nents)
++{
++#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_SG
++ unsigned int i;
++
++ for (i = 0; i < nents; i++)
++ sgl[i].sg_magic = SG_MAGIC;
++#endif
++ sg_mark_end(&sgl[nents - 1]);
++}
++
++#endif /* LINUX_VERSION_IS_LESS(4, 17, 0) */
++
+ #endif /* __BACKPORT_SCATTERLIST_H */