1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-rl.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-rl.c
index b014957dde0b..a5f8bc2defbc 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-rl.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-rl.c
@@ -233,10 +233,15 @@ void pblk_rl_init(struct pblk_rl *rl, int budget, int threshold)
         /* To start with, all buffer is available to user I/O writers */
         rl->rb_budget = budget;
         rl->rb_user_max = budget;
-        rl->rb_max_io = threshold ? (budget - threshold) : (budget - 1);
         rl->rb_gc_max = 0;
         rl->rb_state = PBLK_RL_HIGH;
 
+        /* Maximize I/O size and ansure that back threshold is respected */
+        if (threshold)
+                rl->rb_max_io = budget - pblk->min_write_pgs_data - threshold;
+        else
+                rl->rb_max_io = budget - pblk->min_write_pgs_data - 1;
+
         atomic_set(&rl->rb_user_cnt, 0);
         atomic_set(&rl->rb_gc_cnt, 0);
         atomic_set(&rl->rb_space, -1);