diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
index a7463c9595e7..c01b921b1b4a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/brd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -486,10 +486,19 @@ static struct brd_device *brd_alloc(int i)
 	brd->brd_queue = blk_alloc_queue(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!brd->brd_queue)
 		goto out_free_dev;
+
 	blk_queue_make_request(brd->brd_queue, brd_make_request);
 	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(brd->brd_queue, 1024);
 	blk_queue_bounce_limit(brd->brd_queue, BLK_BOUNCE_ANY);
 
+	/* This is so fdisk will align partitions on 4k, because of
+	 * direct_access API needing 4k alignment, returning a PFN
+	 * (This is only a problem on very small devices <= 4M,
+	 *  otherwise fdisk will align on 1M. Regardless this call
+	 *  is harmless)
+	 */
+	blk_queue_physical_block_size(brd->brd_queue, PAGE_SIZE);
+
 	brd->brd_queue->limits.discard_granularity = PAGE_SIZE;
 	brd->brd_queue->limits.max_discard_sectors = UINT_MAX;
 	brd->brd_queue->limits.discard_zeroes_data = 1;