--- d3a4ce06015a300e9d4df5e95ee63669613db17e
+++ 3db857cdd33e14bc0b6430df75b1da8783bad435
@@ -176,14 +176,15 @@ static int create_strip_zones(mddev_t *m
 		disk_stack_limits(mddev->gendisk, rdev1->bdev,
 				  rdev1->data_offset << 9);
 		/* as we don't honour merge_bvec_fn, we must never risk
-		 * violating it, so limit ->max_sector to one PAGE, as
-		 * a one page request is never in violation.
+		 * violating it, so limit ->max_phys_segments to 1, lying within
+		 * a single page.
 		 */
 
-		if (rdev1->bdev->bd_disk->queue->merge_bvec_fn &&
-		    queue_max_sectors(mddev->queue) > (PAGE_SIZE>>9))
-			blk_queue_max_sectors(mddev->queue, PAGE_SIZE>>9);
-
+		if (rdev1->bdev->bd_disk->queue->merge_bvec_fn) {
+			blk_queue_max_phys_segments(mddev->queue, 1);
+			blk_queue_segment_boundary(mddev->queue,
+						   PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
+		}
 		if (!smallest || (rdev1->sectors < smallest->sectors))
 			smallest = rdev1;
 		cnt++;