diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
index 81501644fb15..bb3e9d5d4276 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-core.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ void pblk_bio_free_pages(struct pblk *pblk, struct bio *bio, int off,
 	bio_advance(bio, off * PBLK_EXPOSED_PAGE_SIZE);
 	for (i = off; i < nr_pages + off; i++) {
 		bv = bio->bi_io_vec[i];
-		mempool_free(bv.bv_page, pblk->page_pool);
+		mempool_free(bv.bv_page, pblk->page_bio_pool);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -205,14 +205,14 @@ int pblk_bio_add_pages(struct pblk *pblk, struct bio *bio, gfp_t flags,
 	int i, ret;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
-		page = mempool_alloc(pblk->page_pool, flags);
+		page = mempool_alloc(pblk->page_bio_pool, flags);
 		if (!page)
 			goto err;
 
 		ret = bio_add_pc_page(q, bio, page, PBLK_EXPOSED_PAGE_SIZE, 0);
 		if (ret != PBLK_EXPOSED_PAGE_SIZE) {
 			pr_err("pblk: could not add page to bio\n");
-			mempool_free(page, pblk->page_pool);
+			mempool_free(page, pblk->page_bio_pool);
 			goto err;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
index 39de6121f46e..1b75675ee67b 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ static int pblk_rwb_init(struct pblk *pblk)
 }
 
 /* Minimum pages needed within a lun */
-#define PAGE_POOL_SIZE 16
 #define ADDR_POOL_SIZE 64
 
 static int pblk_set_ppaf(struct pblk *pblk)
@@ -247,14 +246,16 @@ static int pblk_core_init(struct pblk *pblk)
 	if (pblk_init_global_caches(pblk))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	pblk->page_pool = mempool_create_page_pool(PAGE_POOL_SIZE, 0);
-	if (!pblk->page_pool)
+	/* internal bios can be at most the sectors signaled by the device. */
+	pblk->page_bio_pool = mempool_create_page_pool(nvm_max_phys_sects(dev),
+									0);
+	if (!pblk->page_bio_pool)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	pblk->line_ws_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(PBLK_WS_POOL_SIZE,
 							pblk_blk_ws_cache);
 	if (!pblk->line_ws_pool)
-		goto free_page_pool;
+		goto free_page_bio_pool;
 
 	pblk->rec_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(geo->nr_luns, pblk_rec_cache);
 	if (!pblk->rec_pool)
@@ -309,8 +310,8 @@ free_rec_pool:
 	mempool_destroy(pblk->rec_pool);
 free_blk_ws_pool:
 	mempool_destroy(pblk->line_ws_pool);
-free_page_pool:
-	mempool_destroy(pblk->page_pool);
+free_page_bio_pool:
+	mempool_destroy(pblk->page_bio_pool);
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ static void pblk_core_free(struct pblk *pblk)
 	if (pblk->bb_wq)
 		destroy_workqueue(pblk->bb_wq);
 
-	mempool_destroy(pblk->page_pool);
+	mempool_destroy(pblk->page_bio_pool);
 	mempool_destroy(pblk->line_ws_pool);
 	mempool_destroy(pblk->rec_pool);
 	mempool_destroy(pblk->g_rq_pool);
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c
index ee8efb55b330..402c732f0970 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-read.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ static int pblk_fill_partial_read_bio(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
 		kunmap_atomic(src_p);
 		kunmap_atomic(dst_p);
 
-		mempool_free(src_bv.bv_page, pblk->page_pool);
+		mempool_free(src_bv.bv_page, pblk->page_bio_pool);
 
 		hole = find_next_zero_bit(read_bitmap, nr_secs, hole + 1);
 	} while (hole < nr_secs);
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
index 67e623bd5c2d..053164deb072 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk.h
@@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ struct pblk {
 
 	struct list_head compl_list;
 
-	mempool_t *page_pool;
+	mempool_t *page_bio_pool;
 	mempool_t *line_ws_pool;
 	mempool_t *rec_pool;
 	mempool_t *g_rq_pool;