diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 07c41a149328..30a642c8f537 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -2071,9 +2071,10 @@ static void nvme_update_disk_info(struct gendisk *disk,
 
 	/*
 	 * The block layer can't support LBA sizes larger than the page size
-	 * yet, so catch this early and don't allow block I/O.
+	 * or smaller than a sector size yet, so catch this early and don't
+	 * allow block I/O.
 	 */
-	if (ns->lba_shift > PAGE_SHIFT) {
+	if (ns->lba_shift > PAGE_SHIFT || ns->lba_shift < SECTOR_SHIFT) {
 		capacity = 0;
 		bs = (1 << 9);
 	}