diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 37ec459fe656..1141b343d0b5 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@
 
 struct elevator_type;
 
+/*
+ * Default upper limit for the software max_sectors limit used for regular I/Os.
+ * This can be increased through sysfs.
+ *
+ * This should not be confused with the max_hw_sector limit that is entirely
+ * controlled by the block device driver, usually based on hardware limits.
+ */
+#define BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS_CAP	(SZ_4M >> SECTOR_SHIFT)
+
 #define	BLK_DEV_MAX_SECTORS	(LLONG_MAX >> 9)
 #define	BLK_MIN_SEGMENT_SIZE	4096
 
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index a59880c809c7..5c626d23cbb2 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1220,15 +1220,6 @@ enum blk_default_limits {
 	BLK_SEG_BOUNDARY_MASK	= 0xFFFFFFFFUL,
 };
 
-/*
- * Default upper limit for the software max_sectors limit used for
- * regular file system I/O.  This can be increased through sysfs.
- *
- * Not to be confused with the max_hw_sector limit that is entirely
- * controlled by the driver, usually based on hardware limits.
- */
-#define BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS_CAP	2560u
-
 static inline struct queue_limits *bdev_limits(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
 	return &bdev_get_queue(bdev)->limits;