diff --git a/block/blk-map.c b/block/blk-map.c
index 66da9e2b19ab..ddc10bcedc6d 100644
--- a/block/blk-map.c
+++ b/block/blk-map.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ int blk_rq_append_bio(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 	unsigned int nr_segs = 0;
 
 	bio_for_each_bvec(bv, bio, iter)
-		nr_segs++;
+		nr_segs += blk_segments(&rq->q->limits, bv.bv_len);
 
 	if (!rq->bio) {
 		blk_rq_bio_prep(rq, bio, nr_segs);
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index d2e9dfb03ceb..f6e59cd7cfa1 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -91,6 +91,24 @@ struct bio_vec *bvec_alloc(mempool_t *pool, unsigned short *nr_vecs,
 		gfp_t gfp_mask);
 void bvec_free(mempool_t *pool, struct bio_vec *bv, unsigned short nr_vecs);
 
+/* Number of DMA segments required to transfer @bytes data. */
+static inline unsigned int blk_segments(const struct queue_limits *limits,
+					unsigned int bytes)
+{
+	if (!blk_queue_sub_page_limits(limits))
+		return 1;
+
+	{
+		const unsigned int mss = limits->max_segment_size;
+
+		if (bytes <= mss)
+			return 1;
+		if (is_power_of_2(mss))
+			return round_up(bytes, mss) >> ilog2(mss);
+		return (bytes + mss - 1) / mss;
+	}
+}
+
 static inline bool biovec_phys_mergeable(struct request_queue *q,
 		struct bio_vec *vec1, struct bio_vec *vec2)
 {