diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
index 207b340498a364..d06de84b069bb0 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
@@ -1106,6 +1106,11 @@ int se_dev_set_block_size(struct se_device *dev, u32 block_size)
 	dev->dev_attrib.block_size = block_size;
 	pr_debug("dev[%p]: SE Device block_size changed to %u\n",
 			dev, block_size);
+
+	if (dev->dev_attrib.max_bytes_per_io)
+		dev->dev_attrib.hw_max_sectors =
+			dev->dev_attrib.max_bytes_per_io / block_size;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
index 0e34cda3271e9b..78241a53b555fc 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
@@ -66,9 +66,8 @@ static int fd_attach_hba(struct se_hba *hba, u32 host_id)
 	pr_debug("CORE_HBA[%d] - TCM FILEIO HBA Driver %s on Generic"
 		" Target Core Stack %s\n", hba->hba_id, FD_VERSION,
 		TARGET_CORE_MOD_VERSION);
-	pr_debug("CORE_HBA[%d] - Attached FILEIO HBA: %u to Generic"
-		" MaxSectors: %u\n",
-		hba->hba_id, fd_host->fd_host_id, FD_MAX_SECTORS);
+	pr_debug("CORE_HBA[%d] - Attached FILEIO HBA: %u to Generic\n",
+		hba->hba_id, fd_host->fd_host_id);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -220,7 +219,8 @@ static int fd_configure_device(struct se_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	dev->dev_attrib.hw_block_size = fd_dev->fd_block_size;
-	dev->dev_attrib.hw_max_sectors = FD_MAX_SECTORS;
+	dev->dev_attrib.max_bytes_per_io = FD_MAX_BYTES;
+	dev->dev_attrib.hw_max_sectors = FD_MAX_BYTES / fd_dev->fd_block_size;
 	dev->dev_attrib.hw_queue_depth = FD_MAX_DEVICE_QUEUE_DEPTH;
 
 	if (fd_dev->fbd_flags & FDBD_HAS_BUFFERED_IO_WCE) {
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_file.h b/drivers/target/target_core_file.h
index 37ffc5bd23992a..d7772c167685fe 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_file.h
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_file.h
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
 #define FD_DEVICE_QUEUE_DEPTH	32
 #define FD_MAX_DEVICE_QUEUE_DEPTH 128
 #define FD_BLOCKSIZE		512
-#define FD_MAX_SECTORS		2048
+/*
+ * Limited by the number of iovecs (2048) per vfs_[writev,readv] call
+ */
+#define FD_MAX_BYTES		8388608
 
 #define RRF_EMULATE_CDB		0x01
 #define RRF_GOT_LBA		0x02
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_base.h b/include/target/target_core_base.h
index 9f1dda659c5a08..321301c0a643bf 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_base.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_base.h
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ struct se_dev_attrib {
 	u32		unmap_granularity;
 	u32		unmap_granularity_alignment;
 	u32		max_write_same_len;
+	u32		max_bytes_per_io;
 	struct se_device *da_dev;
 	struct config_group da_group;
 };