diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index dd4973583978..c7bb666aafd1 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ void blk_set_default_limits(struct queue_limits *lim)
 	lim->seg_boundary_mask = BLK_SEG_BOUNDARY_MASK;
 	lim->virt_boundary_mask = 0;
 	lim->max_segment_size = BLK_MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE;
-	lim->max_sectors = lim->max_dev_sectors = lim->max_hw_sectors =
-		BLK_SAFE_MAX_SECTORS;
+	lim->max_sectors = lim->max_hw_sectors = BLK_SAFE_MAX_SECTORS;
+	lim->max_dev_sectors = 0;
 	lim->chunk_sectors = 0;
 	lim->max_write_same_sectors = 0;
 	lim->max_discard_sectors = 0;