bus_dmamap_t hdr_dmap;
+	bus_addr_t hdr_paddr;
 	struct sglist sg;
 	struct {
 		struct virtio_net_ctrl_hdr hdr __aligned(2);
 		uint8_t pad1;
 		uint8_t onoff;
 		uint8_t pad2;
-		uint8_t ack;
 	} s;
+	uint8_t ack;
 	int error;
 
-	error = 0;
+	error = bus_dmamap_create(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, 0, &hdr_dmap);
+	if (error)
+		goto error_out;
+
+	error = bus_dmamap_load(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, hdr_dmap, &s,
+	    sizeof(s), vtnet_load_callback, &hdr_paddr, BUS_DMA_NOWAIT);
+	if (error)
+		goto error_destroy_hdr;
+
 	MPASS(sc->vtnet_flags & VTNET_FLAG_CTRL_RX);
 
 	s.hdr.class = VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_RX;
 	s.hdr.cmd = cmd;
 	s.onoff = on;
-	s.ack = VIRTIO_NET_ERR;
+	ack = VIRTIO_NET_ERR;
+	bus_dmamap_sync(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, hdr_dmap, BUS_DMASYNC_PREWRITE);
 
 	sglist_init(&sg, nitems(segs), segs);
-	error |= sglist_append(&sg, &s.hdr, sizeof(struct virtio_net_ctrl_hdr));
-	error |= sglist_append(&sg, &s.onoff, sizeof(uint8_t));
-	error |= sglist_append(&sg, &s.ack, sizeof(uint8_t));
-	MPASS(error == 0 && sg.sg_nseg == nitems(segs));
+	error |= sglist_append_phys(&sg, hdr_paddr,
+	    sizeof(struct virtio_net_ctrl_hdr));
+	error |= sglist_append_phys(&sg,
+	    hdr_paddr + ((uintptr_t)&s.onoff - (uintptr_t)&s),
+	    sizeof(uint8_t));
+	MPASS(error == 0 && sg.sg_nseg == nitems(segs) - 1);
 
 	if (error == 0)
-		vtnet_exec_ctrl_cmd(sc, &s.ack, &sg, sg.sg_nseg - 1, 1);
+		error = vtnet_exec_ctrl_cmd(sc, &ack, &sg, sg.sg_nseg, 1);
+	if (error == 0)
+		error = (ack == VIRTIO_NET_OK ? 0 : EIO);
 
-	return (s.ack == VIRTIO_NET_OK ? 0 : EIO);
+	bus_dmamap_unload(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, hdr_dmap);
+error_destroy_hdr:
+	bus_dmamap_destroy(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, hdr_dmap);
+error_out:
+	return (error);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -3978,6 +4142,10 @@ vtnet_rx_filter_mac(struct vtnet_softc *sc)
 	struct virtio_net_ctrl_hdr hdr __aligned(2);
 	struct vtnet_mac_filter *filter;
 	struct sglist_seg segs[4];
+	bus_dmamap_t filter_dmap;
+	bus_addr_t filter_paddr;
+	bus_dmamap_t hdr_dmap;
+	bus_addr_t hdr_paddr;
 	struct sglist sg;
 	if_t ifp;
 	bool promisc, allmulti;
@@ -4017,6 +4185,25 @@ vtnet_rx_filter_mac(struct vtnet_softc *sc)
 	if (promisc && allmulti)
 		goto out;
 
+	error = bus_dmamap_create(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, 0, &hdr_dmap);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_error;
+
+	error = bus_dmamap_load(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, hdr_dmap, &hdr,
+	    sizeof(hdr), vtnet_load_callback, &hdr_paddr, BUS_DMA_NOWAIT);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_destroy_hdr;
+
+	error = bus_dmamap_create(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, 0, &filter_dmap);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_unload_hdr;
+
+	error = bus_dmamap_load(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, hdr_dmap, filter,
+	    sizeof(*filter), vtnet_load_callback, &filter_paddr,
+	    BUS_DMA_NOWAIT);
+	if (error)
+		goto out_destroy_filter;
+
 	filter->vmf_unicast.nentries = vtnet_gtoh32(sc, ucnt);
 	filter->vmf_multicast.nentries = vtnet_gtoh32(sc, mcnt);
 
@@ -4025,19 +4212,33 @@ vtnet_rx_filter_mac(struct vtnet_softc *sc)
 	ack = VIRTIO_NET_ERR;
 
 	sglist_init(&sg, nitems(segs), segs);
-	error |= sglist_append(&sg, &hdr, sizeof(struct virtio_net_ctrl_hdr));
-	error |= sglist_append(&sg, &filter->vmf_unicast,
+	error |= sglist_append_phys(&sg, hdr_paddr,
+	    sizeof(struct virtio_net_ctrl_hdr));
+	error |= sglist_append_phys(&sg,
+	    filter_paddr + ((uintptr_t)&filter->vmf_unicast -
+	    (uintptr_t)filter),
 	    sizeof(uint32_t) + ucnt * ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
-	error |= sglist_append(&sg, &filter->vmf_multicast,
+	error |= sglist_append_phys(&sg,
+	    filter_paddr + ((uintptr_t)&filter->vmf_multicast -
+	    (uintptr_t)filter),
 	    sizeof(uint32_t) + mcnt * ETHER_ADDR_LEN);
-	error |= sglist_append(&sg, &ack, sizeof(uint8_t));
-	MPASS(error == 0 && sg.sg_nseg == nitems(segs));
+	MPASS(error == 0 && sg.sg_nseg == nitems(segs) - 1);
 
 	if (error == 0)
-		vtnet_exec_ctrl_cmd(sc, &ack, &sg, sg.sg_nseg - 1, 1);
-	if (ack != VIRTIO_NET_OK)
+		error = vtnet_exec_ctrl_cmd(sc, &ack, &sg, sg.sg_nseg, 1);
+	if (error == 0)
+		error = (ack == VIRTIO_NET_OK ? 0 : EIO);
+
+	bus_dmamap_unload(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, filter_dmap);
+out_destroy_filter:
+	bus_dmamap_destroy(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, filter_dmap);
+out_unload_hdr:
+	bus_dmamap_unload(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, hdr_dmap);
+out_destroy_hdr:
+	bus_dmamap_destroy(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, hdr_dmap);
+out_error:
+	if (error != 0)
 		if_printf(ifp, "error setting host MAC filter table\n");
-
 out:
 	if (promisc && vtnet_set_promisc(sc, true) != 0)
 		if_printf(ifp, "cannot enable promiscuous mode\n");
@@ -4049,34 +4250,53 @@ static int
 vtnet_exec_vlan_filter(struct vtnet_softc *sc, int add, uint16_t tag)
 {
 	struct sglist_seg segs[3];
+	bus_dmamap_t hdr_dmap;
+	bus_addr_t hdr_paddr;
 	struct sglist sg;
 	struct {
 		struct virtio_net_ctrl_hdr hdr __aligned(2);
 		uint8_t pad1;
 		uint16_t tag __aligned(2);
 		uint8_t pad2;
-		uint8_t ack;
 	} s;
+	uint8_t ack;
 	int error;
 
-	error = 0;
+	error = bus_dmamap_create(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, 0, &hdr_dmap);
+	if (error)
+		goto error_out;
+
+	error = bus_dmamap_load(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, hdr_dmap, &s,
+	    sizeof(s), vtnet_load_callback, &hdr_paddr, BUS_DMA_NOWAIT);
+	if (error)
+		goto error_destroy_hdr;
+
 	MPASS(sc->vtnet_flags & VTNET_FLAG_VLAN_FILTER);
 
 	s.hdr.class = VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_VLAN;
 	s.hdr.cmd = add ? VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_VLAN_ADD : VIRTIO_NET_CTRL_VLAN_DEL;
 	s.tag = vtnet_gtoh16(sc, tag);
-	s.ack = VIRTIO_NET_ERR;
+	ack = VIRTIO_NET_ERR;
+	bus_dmamap_sync(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, hdr_dmap, BUS_DMASYNC_PREWRITE);
 
 	sglist_init(&sg, nitems(segs), segs);
-	error |= sglist_append(&sg, &s.hdr, sizeof(struct virtio_net_ctrl_hdr));
-	error |= sglist_append(&sg, &s.tag, sizeof(uint16_t));
-	error |= sglist_append(&sg, &s.ack, sizeof(uint8_t));
-	MPASS(error == 0 && sg.sg_nseg == nitems(segs));
+	error |= sglist_append_phys(&sg, hdr_paddr,
+	    sizeof(struct virtio_net_ctrl_hdr));
+	error |= sglist_append_phys(&sg,
+	    hdr_paddr + ((uintptr_t)&s.tag - (uintptr_t)&s),
+	    sizeof(uint16_t));
+	MPASS(error == 0 && sg.sg_nseg == nitems(segs) - 1);
 
 	if (error == 0)
-		vtnet_exec_ctrl_cmd(sc, &s.ack, &sg, sg.sg_nseg - 1, 1);
+		error = vtnet_exec_ctrl_cmd(sc, &ack, &sg, sg.sg_nseg, 1);
+	if (error == 0)
+		error = (ack == VIRTIO_NET_OK ? 0 : EIO);
 
-	return (s.ack == VIRTIO_NET_OK ? 0 : EIO);
+	bus_dmamap_unload(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, hdr_dmap);
+error_destroy_hdr:
+	bus_dmamap_destroy(sc->vtnet_hdr_dmat, hdr_dmap);
+error_out:
+	return (error);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnetvar.h b/sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnetvar.h
index 6cafe827d733..e445bdf6d6cb 100644
--- a/sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnetvar.h
+++ b/sys/dev/virtio/network/if_vtnetvar.h
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ struct vtnet_softc {
 
 	bus_dma_tag_t		 vtnet_tx_dmat;
 	struct mtx		 vtnet_tx_mtx;
+
+	bus_dma_tag_t		 vtnet_hdr_dmat;
+	struct mtx		 vtnet_hdr_mtx;
+
+	bus_dma_tag_t		 vtnet_ack_dmat;
+	struct mtx		 vtnet_ack_mtx;
 };
 /* vtnet flag descriptions for use with printf(9) %b identifier. */
 #define VTNET_FLAGS_BITS \