diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 565a678..779bb76 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
 	lim->seg_boundary_mask = BLK_SEG_BOUNDARY_MASK;
 	lim->max_segment_size = BLK_MAX_SEGMENT_SIZE;
 	lim->max_sectors = lim->max_hw_sectors = BLK_SAFE_MAX_SECTORS;
+	lim->max_write_same_sectors = 0;
 	lim->max_discard_sectors = 0;
 	lim->discard_granularity = 0;
 	lim->discard_alignment = 0;
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@
 	lim->max_segments = USHRT_MAX;
 	lim->max_hw_sectors = UINT_MAX;
 	lim->max_sectors = UINT_MAX;
+	lim->max_write_same_sectors = UINT_MAX;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_set_stacking_limits);
 
@@ -286,6 +288,18 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_max_discard_sectors);
 
 /**
+ * blk_queue_max_write_same_sectors - set max sectors for a single write same
+ * @q:  the request queue for the device
+ * @max_write_same_sectors: maximum number of sectors to write per command
+ **/
+void blk_queue_max_write_same_sectors(struct request_queue *q,
+				      unsigned int max_write_same_sectors)
+{
+	q->limits.max_write_same_sectors = max_write_same_sectors;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_max_write_same_sectors);
+
+/**
  * blk_queue_max_segments - set max hw segments for a request for this queue
  * @q:  the request queue for the device
  * @max_segments:  max number of segments
@@ -510,6 +524,8 @@
 
 	t->max_sectors = min_not_zero(t->max_sectors, b->max_sectors);
 	t->max_hw_sectors = min_not_zero(t->max_hw_sectors, b->max_hw_sectors);
+	t->max_write_same_sectors = min(t->max_write_same_sectors,
+					b->max_write_same_sectors);
 	t->bounce_pfn = min_not_zero(t->bounce_pfn, b->bounce_pfn);
 
 	t->seg_boundary_mask = min_not_zero(t->seg_boundary_mask,