diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
index 429d526..5b8a154 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkfront.c
@@ -400,10 +400,13 @@
 	if (unlikely(info->connected != BLKIF_STATE_CONNECTED))
 		return 1;
 
-	max_grefs = info->max_indirect_segments ?
-		    info->max_indirect_segments +
-		    INDIRECT_GREFS(info->max_indirect_segments) :
-		    BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST;
+	max_grefs = req->nr_phys_segments;
+	if (max_grefs > BLKIF_MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST)
+		/*
+		 * If we are using indirect segments we need to account
+		 * for the indirect grefs used in the request.
+		 */
+		max_grefs += INDIRECT_GREFS(req->nr_phys_segments);
 
 	/* Check if we have enough grants to allocate a requests */
 	if (info->persistent_gnts_c < max_grefs) {