ccw++;
                                recid += count;
                                new_track = 0;
+                               /* first idaw for a ccw may start anywhere */
+                               if (!idaw_dst)
+                                       idaw_dst = dst;
                        }
-                       /* If we start a new idaw, everything is fine and the
-                        * start of the new idaw is the start of this segment.
+                       /* If we start a new idaw, we must make sure that it
+                        * starts on an IDA_BLOCK_SIZE boundary.
                         * If we continue an idaw, we must make sure that the
                         * current segment begins where the so far accumulated
                         * idaw ends
                         */
-                       if (!idaw_dst)
-                               idaw_dst = dst;
+                       if (!idaw_dst) {
+                               if (__pa(dst) & (IDA_BLOCK_SIZE-1)) {
+                                       dasd_sfree_request(cqr, startdev);
+                                       return ERR_PTR(-ERANGE);
+                               } else
+                                       idaw_dst = dst;
+                       }
                        if ((idaw_dst + idaw_len) != dst) {
                                dasd_sfree_request(cqr, startdev);
                                return ERR_PTR(-ERANGE);