diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index a1a2ac09066fd..3eaee1f7aacaf 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -3296,6 +3296,8 @@ static int sd_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 				      (sector_t)BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS);
 	}
 
+	rw_max = min_not_zero(rw_max, sdp->host->opt_sectors);
+
 	/* Do not exceed controller limit */
 	rw_max = min(rw_max, queue_max_hw_sectors(q));
 
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
index 667d889b92b52..d32a84b2bb400 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
@@ -607,6 +607,7 @@ struct Scsi_Host {
 	short unsigned int sg_tablesize;
 	short unsigned int sg_prot_tablesize;
 	unsigned int max_sectors;
+	unsigned int opt_sectors;
 	unsigned int max_segment_size;
 	unsigned long dma_boundary;
 	unsigned long virt_boundary_mask;