diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 15c3164..0b32f98 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -219,6 +219,15 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_max_sectors);
 
+void blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int max_sectors)
+{
+	if (BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS > max_sectors)
+		q->max_hw_sectors = BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS;
+	else
+		q->max_hw_sectors = max_sectors;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_max_hw_sectors);
+
 /**
  * blk_queue_max_phys_segments - set max phys segments for a request for this queue
  * @q:  the request queue for the device
@@ -395,11 +404,11 @@
 			       dma_drain_needed_fn *dma_drain_needed,
 			       void *buf, unsigned int size)
 {
-	if (q->max_hw_segments < 2 || q->max_phys_segments < 2)
+	if (queue_max_hw_segments(q) < 2 || queue_max_phys_segments(q) < 2)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	/* make room for appending the drain */
-	--q->max_hw_segments;
-	--q->max_phys_segments;
+	blk_queue_max_hw_segments(q, queue_max_hw_segments(q) - 1);
+	blk_queue_max_phys_segments(q, queue_max_phys_segments(q) - 1);
 	q->dma_drain_needed = dma_drain_needed;
 	q->dma_drain_buffer = buf;
 	q->dma_drain_size = size;