diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index de17b7193299f0e17cfdd1e91b06d75977ec6d6d..7475739fee4953d406a165cb7c5cab95c92d4607 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -920,7 +920,15 @@ int dm_set_target_max_io_len(struct dm_target *ti, sector_t len)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	ti->max_io_len = (uint32_t) len;
+	/*
+	 * BIO based queue uses its own splitting. When multipage bvecs
+	 * is switched on, size of the incoming bio may be too big to
+	 * be handled in some targets, such as crypt.
+	 *
+	 * When these targets are ready for the big bio, we can remove
+	 * the limit.
+	 */
+	ti->max_io_len = min_t(uint32_t, len, BIO_MAX_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	return 0;
 }