diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index a7697027ce43..efa5535a8e1d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -900,6 +900,7 @@ static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	u16 min_io_size;
 	u8 physical_block_exp, alignment_offset;
 	unsigned int queue_depth;
+	size_t max_dma_size;
 
 	if (!vdev->config->get) {
 		dev_err(&vdev->dev, "%s failure: config access disabled\n",
@@ -998,7 +999,8 @@ static int virtblk_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	/* No real sector limit. */
 	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(q, -1U);
 
-	max_size = virtio_max_dma_size(vdev);
+	max_dma_size = virtio_max_dma_size(vdev);
+	max_size = max_dma_size > U32_MAX ? U32_MAX : max_dma_size;
 
 	/* Host can optionally specify maximum segment size and number of
 	 * segments. */