diff --git a/drivers/block/rbd.c b/drivers/block/rbd.c
index d93a0372b37b..2968b0956bed 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -3760,6 +3760,7 @@ static int rbd_init_disk(struct rbd_device *rbd_dev)
 	/* set io sizes to object size */
 	segment_size = rbd_obj_bytes(&rbd_dev->header);
 	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(q, segment_size / SECTOR_SIZE);
+	q->limits.max_sectors = queue_max_hw_sectors(q);
 	blk_queue_max_segments(q, segment_size / SECTOR_SIZE);
 	blk_queue_max_segment_size(q, segment_size);
 	blk_queue_io_min(q, segment_size);