1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/linear.c b/drivers/md/linear.c
index 00435bd20699..af2d39d603c7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/linear.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static linear_conf_t *linear_conf(mddev_t *mddev, int raid_disks)
                  */
                 if (rdev->bdev->bd_disk->queue->merge_bvec_fn &&
                     queue_max_sectors(mddev->queue) > (PAGE_SIZE>>9))
-                        blk_queue_max_sectors(mddev->queue, PAGE_SIZE>>9);
+                        blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(mddev->queue, PAGE_SIZE>>9);
 
                 conf->array_sectors += rdev->sectors;
                 cnt++;