diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 83413ff..cd9b730 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 	lim->max_hw_segments = MAX_HW_SEGMENTS;
 	lim->seg_boundary_mask = BLK_SEG_BOUNDARY_MASK;
 	lim->max_segment_size = MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE;
-	lim->max_sectors = lim->max_hw_sectors = SAFE_MAX_SECTORS;
+	lim->max_sectors = lim->max_hw_sectors = BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS;
 	lim->logical_block_size = lim->physical_block_size = lim->io_min = 512;
 	lim->bounce_pfn = (unsigned long)(BLK_BOUNCE_ANY >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	lim->alignment_offset = 0;
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@
 	q->unplug_timer.data = (unsigned long)q;
 
 	blk_set_default_limits(&q->limits);
+	blk_queue_max_sectors(q, SAFE_MAX_SECTORS);
 
 	/*
 	 * If the caller didn't supply a lock, fall back to our embedded