diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index 36d205128f9a..527bd8d4db50 100644
--- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -4072,7 +4072,23 @@ static ssize_t queue_max_hw_sectors_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
 	return queue_var_show(max_hw_sectors_kb, (page));
 }
 
+static ssize_t queue_max_segments_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
+{
+	return queue_var_show(q->max_phys_segments, page);
+}
 
+static ssize_t queue_max_segments_store(struct request_queue *q,
+					const char *page, size_t count)
+{
+	unsigned long segments;
+	ssize_t ret = queue_var_store(&segments, page, count);
+
+	spin_lock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+	q->max_phys_segments = segments;
+	spin_unlock_irq(q->queue_lock);
+
+	return ret;
+}
 static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_requests_entry = {
 	.attr = {.name = "nr_requests", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
 	.show = queue_requests_show,
@@ -4096,6 +4112,12 @@ static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_max_hw_sectors_entry = {
 	.show = queue_max_hw_sectors_show,
 };
 
+static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_max_segments_entry = {
+	.attr = {.name = "max_segments", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
+	.show = queue_max_segments_show,
+	.store = queue_max_segments_store,
+};
+
 static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_iosched_entry = {
 	.attr = {.name = "scheduler", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
 	.show = elv_iosched_show,
@@ -4107,6 +4129,7 @@ static struct attribute *default_attrs[] = {
 	&queue_ra_entry.attr,
 	&queue_max_hw_sectors_entry.attr,
 	&queue_max_sectors_entry.attr,
+	&queue_max_segments_entry.attr,
 	&queue_iosched_entry.attr,
 	NULL,
 };