diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index f6c204f62b1e36c5d22e43d255553712f67f8d72..9eff4d3ab1f3dfb5a98e25c996fab4b6a2748d51 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1736,6 +1736,7 @@ static int loop_add(struct loop_device **l, int i)
 
 	blk_queue_physical_block_size(lo->lo_queue, PAGE_SIZE);
 
+	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(lo->lo_queue, BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS);
 	/*
 	 * It doesn't make sense to enable merge because the I/O
 	 * submitted to backing file is handled page by page.