diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index 8aadf1f23cb4..22806ce11e1d 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -183,8 +183,7 @@ int sb_set_blocksize(struct super_block *sb, int size)
 {
 	if (set_blocksize(sb->s_bdev_file, size))
 		return 0;
-	/* If we get here, we know size is power of two
-	 * and it's value is between 512 and PAGE_SIZE */
+	/* If we get here, we know size is validated */
 	sb->s_blocksize = size;
 	sb->s_blocksize_bits = blksize_bits(size);
 	return sb->s_blocksize;
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 248416ecd01c..a97428e8bbbe 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -267,10 +267,16 @@ static inline dev_t disk_devt(struct gendisk *disk)
 	return MKDEV(disk->major, disk->first_minor);
 }
 
+/*
+ * We should strive for 1 << (PAGE_SHIFT + MAX_PAGECACHE_ORDER)
+ * however we constrain this to what we can validate and test.
+ */
+#define BLK_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE      SZ_64K
+
 /* blk_validate_limits() validates bsize, so drivers don't usually need to */
 static inline int blk_validate_block_size(unsigned long bsize)
 {
-	if (bsize < 512 || bsize > PAGE_SIZE || !is_power_of_2(bsize))
+	if (bsize < 512 || bsize > BLK_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE || !is_power_of_2(bsize))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return 0;