diff --git a/include/linux/drbd_limits.h b/include/linux/drbd_limits.h
index 7d956e91ae7b..6d0a24331ed2 100644
--- a/include/linux/drbd_limits.h
+++ b/include/linux/drbd_limits.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #define DEBUG_RANGE_CHECK 0
 
 #define DRBD_MINOR_COUNT_MIN 1
-#define DRBD_MINOR_COUNT_MAX (1U << 20)
+#define DRBD_MINOR_COUNT_MAX 255
 #define DRBD_MINOR_COUNT_DEF 32
 #define DRBD_MINOR_COUNT_SCALE '1'