diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index 16b06f62e68ca187a05cf46fe8232c4acda02390..19cc761cacb2a4b71fe9d4579226025324ffddf5 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
 	int type = REQ_WRITE | REQ_DISCARD;
 	unsigned int max_discard_sectors;
-	unsigned int granularity;
+	unsigned int granularity, alignment, mask;
 	struct bio_batch bb;
 	struct bio *bio;
 	int ret = 0;
@@ -57,10 +57,12 @@ int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 
 	/* Zero-sector (unknown) and one-sector granularities are the same.  */
 	granularity = max(q->limits.discard_granularity >> 9, 1U);
+	mask = granularity - 1;
+	alignment = (bdev_discard_alignment(bdev) >> 9) & mask;
 
 	/*
 	 * Ensure that max_discard_sectors is of the proper
-	 * granularity
+	 * granularity, so that requests stay aligned after a split.
 	 */
 	max_discard_sectors = min(q->limits.max_discard_sectors, UINT_MAX >> 9);
 	max_discard_sectors = round_down(max_discard_sectors, granularity);
@@ -80,25 +82,37 @@ int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 	bb.wait = &wait;
 
 	while (nr_sects) {
+		unsigned int req_sects;
+		sector_t end_sect;
+
 		bio = bio_alloc(gfp_mask, 1);
 		if (!bio) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
 			break;
 		}
 
+		req_sects = min_t(sector_t, nr_sects, max_discard_sectors);
+
+		/*
+		 * If splitting a request, and the next starting sector would be
+		 * misaligned, stop the discard at the previous aligned sector.
+		 */
+		end_sect = sector + req_sects;
+		if (req_sects < nr_sects && (end_sect & mask) != alignment) {
+			end_sect =
+				round_down(end_sect - alignment, granularity)
+				+ alignment;
+			req_sects = end_sect - sector;
+		}
+
 		bio->bi_sector = sector;
 		bio->bi_end_io = bio_batch_end_io;
 		bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
 		bio->bi_private = &bb;
 
-		if (nr_sects > max_discard_sectors) {
-			bio->bi_size = max_discard_sectors << 9;
-			nr_sects -= max_discard_sectors;
-			sector += max_discard_sectors;
-		} else {
-			bio->bi_size = nr_sects << 9;
-			nr_sects = 0;
-		}
+		bio->bi_size = req_sects << 9;
+		nr_sects -= req_sects;
+		sector = end_sect;
 
 		atomic_inc(&bb.done);
 		submit_bio(type, bio);
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 4e72a9d48232d513b5b2fe44d973de8dfeb1e9e4..281516ae8b4ef37256af453e00c1c098d315f769 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1139,6 +1139,16 @@ static inline int queue_limit_discard_alignment(struct queue_limits *lim, sector
 		& (lim->discard_granularity - 1);
 }
 
+static inline int bdev_discard_alignment(struct block_device *bdev)
+{
+	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
+
+	if (bdev != bdev->bd_contains)
+		return bdev->bd_part->discard_alignment;
+
+	return q->limits.discard_alignment;
+}
+
 static inline unsigned int queue_discard_zeroes_data(struct request_queue *q)
 {
 	if (q->limits.max_discard_sectors && q->limits.discard_zeroes_data == 1)