diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 4da981efddeede63b2c0cb5a6bfd51c343656ae0..0f5f42ebd0bb0d79295858cc62a9602c3e8dcaea 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -166,9 +166,14 @@ static inline unsigned get_max_io_size(struct request_queue *q,
 {
 	unsigned pbs = queue_physical_block_size(q) >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
 	unsigned lbs = queue_logical_block_size(q) >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
-	unsigned max_sectors, start, end;
+	unsigned max_sectors = queue_max_sectors(q), start, end;
+
+	if (q->limits.chunk_sectors) {
+		max_sectors = min(max_sectors,
+			blk_chunk_sectors_left(bio->bi_iter.bi_sector,
+					       q->limits.chunk_sectors));
+	}
 
-	max_sectors = blk_max_size_offset(q, bio->bi_iter.bi_sector, 0);
 	start = bio->bi_iter.bi_sector & (pbs - 1);
 	end = (start + max_sectors) & ~(pbs - 1);
 	if (end > start)
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 283961257cc9a112b996c4c6762eadcde67c7e95..652c357dafb91470b0798f6ac091580c0bbe1625 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -945,25 +945,6 @@ static inline unsigned int blk_chunk_sectors_left(sector_t offset,
 	return chunk_sectors - (offset & (chunk_sectors - 1));
 }
 
-/*
- * Return maximum size of a request at given offset. Only valid for
- * file system requests.
- */
-static inline unsigned int blk_max_size_offset(struct request_queue *q,
-					       sector_t offset,
-					       unsigned int chunk_sectors)
-{
-	if (!chunk_sectors) {
-		if (q->limits.chunk_sectors)
-			chunk_sectors = q->limits.chunk_sectors;
-		else
-			return q->limits.max_sectors;
-	}
-
-	return min(q->limits.max_sectors,
-			blk_chunk_sectors_left(offset, chunk_sectors));
-}
-
 /*
  * Access functions for manipulating queue properties
  */