diff --git a/block/partitions/efi.c b/block/partitions/efi.c
index e3cb4f19cf6d6b3d79d651c3e13e8ff4e1538fbb..b028af688361c3abc336685d146740e2a887787c 100644
--- a/block/partitions/efi.c
+++ b/block/partitions/efi.c
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ static inline int pmbr_part_valid(gpt_mbr_record *part)
 /**
  * is_pmbr_valid(): test Protective MBR for validity
  * @mbr: pointer to a legacy mbr structure
+ * @total_sectors: amount of sectors in the device
  *
  * Description: Checks for a valid protective or hybrid
  * master boot record (MBR). The validity of a pMBR depends
@@ -180,9 +181,9 @@ static inline int pmbr_part_valid(gpt_mbr_record *part)
  * Returns 0 upon invalid MBR, or GPT_MBR_PROTECTIVE or
  * GPT_MBR_HYBRID depending on the device layout.
  */
-static int is_pmbr_valid(legacy_mbr *mbr)
+static int is_pmbr_valid(legacy_mbr *mbr, sector_t total_sectors)
 {
-	int i, ret = 0; /* invalid by default */
+	int i, part = 0, ret = 0; /* invalid by default */
 
 	if (!mbr || le16_to_cpu(mbr->signature) != MSDOS_MBR_SIGNATURE)
 		goto done;
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ static int is_pmbr_valid(legacy_mbr *mbr)
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
 		ret = pmbr_part_valid(&mbr->partition_record[i]);
 		if (ret == GPT_MBR_PROTECTIVE) {
+			part = i;
 			/*
 			 * Ok, we at least know that there's a protective MBR,
 			 * now check if there are other partition types for
@@ -207,6 +209,18 @@ static int is_pmbr_valid(legacy_mbr *mbr)
 			EFI_PMBR_OSTYPE_EFI_GPT) &&
 		    (mbr->partition_record[i].os_type != 0x00))
 			ret = GPT_MBR_HYBRID;
+
+	/*
+	 * Protective MBRs take up the lesser of the whole disk
+	 * or 2 TiB (32bit LBA), ignoring the rest of the disk.
+	 *
+	 * Hybrid MBRs do not necessarily comply with this.
+	 */
+	if (ret == GPT_MBR_PROTECTIVE) {
+		if (le32_to_cpu(mbr->partition_record[part].size_in_lba) !=
+		    min((uint32_t) total_sectors - 1, 0xFFFFFFFF))
+			ret = 0;
+	}
 done:
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -568,6 +582,7 @@ static int find_valid_gpt(struct parsed_partitions *state, gpt_header **gpt,
 	gpt_header *pgpt = NULL, *agpt = NULL;
 	gpt_entry *pptes = NULL, *aptes = NULL;
 	legacy_mbr *legacymbr;
+	sector_t total_sectors = i_size_read(state->bdev->bd_inode) >> 9;
 	u64 lastlba;
 
 	if (!ptes)
@@ -581,7 +596,7 @@ static int find_valid_gpt(struct parsed_partitions *state, gpt_header **gpt,
 			goto fail;
 
 		read_lba(state, 0, (u8 *)legacymbr, sizeof(*legacymbr));
-		good_pmbr = is_pmbr_valid(legacymbr);
+		good_pmbr = is_pmbr_valid(legacymbr, total_sectors);
 		kfree(legacymbr);
 
 		if (!good_pmbr)