diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 12600bfffca9..e0057d035200 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_bounce_limit);
  * Description:
  *    Enables a low level driver to set a hard upper limit,
  *    max_hw_sectors, on the size of requests.  max_hw_sectors is set by
- *    the device driver based upon the combined capabilities of I/O
- *    controller and storage device.
+ *    the device driver based upon the capabilities of the I/O
+ *    controller.
  *
  *    max_sectors is a soft limit imposed by the block layer for
  *    filesystem type requests.  This value can be overridden on a
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 3b2fcb4fada0..a20da8c25b4f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -2770,9 +2770,9 @@ static int sd_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
 	max_xfer = sdkp->max_xfer_blocks;
 	max_xfer <<= ilog2(sdp->sector_size) - 9;
 
-	max_xfer = min_not_zero(queue_max_hw_sectors(sdkp->disk->queue),
-				max_xfer);
-	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(sdkp->disk->queue, max_xfer);
+	sdkp->disk->queue->limits.max_sectors =
+		min_not_zero(queue_max_hw_sectors(sdkp->disk->queue), max_xfer);
+
 	set_capacity(disk, sdkp->capacity);
 	sd_config_write_same(sdkp);
 	kfree(buffer);