diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index db909b9e37df..6bf3c2604a2f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -7108,6 +7108,15 @@ static int raid5_run(struct mddev *mddev)
 			stripe = (stripe | (stripe-1)) + 1;
 		mddev->queue->limits.discard_alignment = stripe;
 		mddev->queue->limits.discard_granularity = stripe;
+
+		/*
+		 * We use 16-bit counter of active stripes in bi_phys_segments
+		 * (minus one for over-loaded initialization)
+		 */
+		blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(mddev->queue, 0xfffe * STRIPE_SECTORS);
+		blk_queue_max_discard_sectors(mddev->queue,
+					      0xfffe * STRIPE_SECTORS);
+
 		/*
 		 * unaligned part of discard request will be ignored, so can't
 		 * guarantee discard_zeroes_data