diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index e8b3bb9bf375..5f2c429d4378 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ int __blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	while (nr_sects) {
-		unsigned int req_sects = min_t(unsigned int, nr_sects,
+		sector_t req_sects = min_t(sector_t, nr_sects,
 				bio_allowed_max_sectors(q));
 
+		WARN_ON_ONCE((req_sects << 9) > UINT_MAX);
+
 		bio = blk_next_bio(bio, 0, gfp_mask);
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
 		bio_set_dev(bio, bdev);