diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
index 4a867233b14a..87791265e09b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk/main.c
@@ -1900,10 +1900,8 @@ static int null_add_dev(struct nullb_device *dev)
 
 	blk_queue_logical_block_size(nullb->q, dev->blocksize);
 	blk_queue_physical_block_size(nullb->q, dev->blocksize);
-	if (!dev->max_sectors)
-		dev->max_sectors = queue_max_hw_sectors(nullb->q);
-	dev->max_sectors = min(dev->max_sectors, BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS);
-	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(nullb->q, dev->max_sectors);
+	if (dev->max_sectors)
+		blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(nullb->q, dev->max_sectors);
 
 	if (dev->virt_boundary)
 		blk_queue_virt_boundary(nullb->q, PAGE_SIZE - 1);
@@ -1953,12 +1951,6 @@ static int __init null_init(void)
 		g_bs = PAGE_SIZE;
 	}
 
-	if (g_max_sectors > BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS) {
-		pr_warn("invalid max sectors\n");
-		pr_warn("defaults max sectors to %u\n", BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS);
-		g_max_sectors = BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS;
-	}
-
 	if (g_home_node != NUMA_NO_NODE && g_home_node >= nr_online_nodes) {
 		pr_err("invalid home_node value\n");
 		g_home_node = NUMA_NO_NODE;