diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd.c b/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd.c
index 4195115c7e5493be02acc7b4daddbfd2427c831e..e37acd77b5fe90f717628116b328f91198c3e3f5 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd.c
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ static void nvmet_execute_write_zeroes(struct nvmet_req *req)
 
 	sector = le64_to_cpu(write_zeroes->slba) <<
 		(req->ns->blksize_shift - 9);
-	nr_sector = (((sector_t)le32_to_cpu(write_zeroes->length)) <<
+	nr_sector = (((sector_t)le16_to_cpu(write_zeroes->length)) <<
 		(req->ns->blksize_shift - 9)) + 1;
 
 	if (__blkdev_issue_zeroout(req->ns->bdev, sector, nr_sector,