diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
index 2b71b7e59dac..60ca9d4bd6e9 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/rrpc.c
@@ -943,6 +943,8 @@ static blk_qc_t rrpc_make_rq(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	struct nvm_rq *rqd;
 	int err;
 
+	blk_queue_split(q, &bio, q->bio_split);
+
 	if (bio_op(bio) == REQ_OP_DISCARD) {
 		rrpc_discard(rrpc, bio);
 		return BLK_QC_T_NONE;