diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 786b369ca59995372d88558770b0737aa08bd967..c4406aacc0efc6fa679afb26a2ab97f68e7e32d8 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ void blk_set_stacking_limits(struct queue_limits *lim)
 	lim->max_dev_sectors = UINT_MAX;
 	lim->max_write_zeroes_sectors = UINT_MAX;
 	lim->max_zone_append_sectors = UINT_MAX;
+	lim->max_user_discard_sectors = UINT_MAX;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_set_stacking_limits);
 
@@ -162,7 +163,9 @@ static int blk_validate_limits(struct queue_limits *lim)
 	if (!lim->max_segments)
 		lim->max_segments = BLK_MAX_SEGMENTS;
 
-	lim->max_discard_sectors = lim->max_hw_discard_sectors;
+	lim->max_discard_sectors =
+		min(lim->max_hw_discard_sectors, lim->max_user_discard_sectors);
+
 	if (!lim->max_discard_segments)
 		lim->max_discard_segments = 1;
 
@@ -228,6 +231,12 @@ static int blk_validate_limits(struct queue_limits *lim)
  */
 int blk_set_default_limits(struct queue_limits *lim)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Most defaults are set by capping the bounds in blk_validate_limits,
+	 * but max_user_discard_sectors is special and needs an explicit
+	 * initialization to the max value here.
+	 */
+	lim->max_user_discard_sectors = UINT_MAX;
 	return blk_validate_limits(lim);
 }
 
@@ -349,8 +358,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_chunk_sectors);
 void blk_queue_max_discard_sectors(struct request_queue *q,
 		unsigned int max_discard_sectors)
 {
-	q->limits.max_hw_discard_sectors = max_discard_sectors;
-	q->limits.max_discard_sectors = max_discard_sectors;
+	struct queue_limits *lim = &q->limits;
+
+	lim->max_hw_discard_sectors = max_discard_sectors;
+	lim->max_discard_sectors =
+		min(max_discard_sectors, lim->max_user_discard_sectors);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_max_discard_sectors);
 
diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
index 26607f9825cb058e254a0867383a37f4ded48aa6..a1ec27f0ba4150d08e45eeae4b6dc12dc11636f2 100644
--- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
+++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
@@ -174,23 +174,22 @@ static ssize_t queue_discard_max_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
 static ssize_t queue_discard_max_store(struct request_queue *q,
 				       const char *page, size_t count)
 {
-	unsigned long max_discard;
-	ssize_t ret = queue_var_store(&max_discard, page, count);
+	unsigned long max_discard_bytes;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
+	ret = queue_var_store(&max_discard_bytes, page, count);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	if (max_discard & (q->limits.discard_granularity - 1))
+	if (max_discard_bytes & (q->limits.discard_granularity - 1))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	max_discard >>= 9;
-	if (max_discard > UINT_MAX)
+	if ((max_discard_bytes >> SECTOR_SHIFT) > UINT_MAX)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (max_discard > q->limits.max_hw_discard_sectors)
-		max_discard = q->limits.max_hw_discard_sectors;
-
-	q->limits.max_discard_sectors = max_discard;
+	q->limits.max_user_discard_sectors = max_discard_bytes >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
+	q->limits.max_discard_sectors = min(q->limits.max_hw_discard_sectors,
+					    q->limits.max_user_discard_sectors);
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index d41d7fe934578fef2da4598a24ae8e751050df04..45746ba73670e82e81de32b365ca758c817fde76 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ struct queue_limits {
 	unsigned int		io_opt;
 	unsigned int		max_discard_sectors;
 	unsigned int		max_hw_discard_sectors;
+	unsigned int		max_user_discard_sectors;
 	unsigned int		max_secure_erase_sectors;
 	unsigned int		max_write_zeroes_sectors;
 	unsigned int		max_zone_append_sectors;