diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
index 7346054bccbb6228fd362c432524b5797290e443..d29a42adb95a8fcfb776be449b2634bdf36dad10 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static int pmem_attach_disk(struct nd_namespace_common *ndns,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	blk_queue_make_request(pmem->pmem_queue, pmem_make_request);
-	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(pmem->pmem_queue, 1024);
+	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(pmem->pmem_queue, UINT_MAX);
 	blk_queue_bounce_limit(pmem->pmem_queue, BLK_BOUNCE_ANY);
 
 	disk = alloc_disk(0);