diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
index 864c98e74875..249eba7d21c2 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c
@@ -1210,6 +1210,7 @@ static void decide_on_discard_support(struct drbd_device *device,
 	struct drbd_connection *connection =
 		first_peer_device(device)->connection;
 	struct request_queue *q = device->rq_queue;
+	unsigned int max_discard_sectors;
 
 	if (bdev && !bdev_max_discard_sectors(bdev->backing_bdev))
 		goto not_supported;
@@ -1230,15 +1231,14 @@ static void decide_on_discard_support(struct drbd_device *device,
 	 * topology on all peers.
 	 */
 	blk_queue_discard_granularity(q, 512);
-	q->limits.max_discard_sectors = drbd_max_discard_sectors(connection);
-	q->limits.max_write_zeroes_sectors =
-		drbd_max_discard_sectors(connection);
+	max_discard_sectors = drbd_max_discard_sectors(connection);
+	blk_queue_max_discard_sectors(q, max_discard_sectors);
+	blk_queue_max_write_zeroes_sectors(q, max_discard_sectors);
 	return;
 
 not_supported:
 	blk_queue_discard_granularity(q, 0);
-	q->limits.max_discard_sectors = 0;
-	q->limits.max_write_zeroes_sectors = 0;
+	blk_queue_max_discard_sectors(q, 0);
 }
 
 static void fixup_write_zeroes(struct drbd_device *device, struct request_queue *q)