diff --git a/block/file-posix.c b/block/file-posix.c
index b8dc19ce1a..6db690baf2 100644
--- a/block/file-posix.c
+++ b/block/file-posix.c
@@ -1237,8 +1237,7 @@ static void raw_refresh_limits(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp)
 
         ret = sg_get_max_segments(s->fd);
         if (ret > 0) {
-            bs->bl.max_transfer = MIN(bs->bl.max_transfer,
-                                      ret * qemu_real_host_page_size);
+            bs->bl.max_iov = ret;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c b/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
index 40e039864f..b6c4143dc7 100644
--- a/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
+++ b/hw/scsi/scsi-generic.c
@@ -179,10 +179,12 @@ static int scsi_handle_inquiry_reply(SCSIGenericReq *r, SCSIDevice *s, int len)
         (r->req.cmd.buf[1] & 0x01)) {
         page = r->req.cmd.buf[2];
         if (page == 0xb0) {
-            uint32_t max_transfer =
-                blk_get_max_transfer(s->conf.blk) / s->blocksize;
+            uint32_t max_transfer = blk_get_max_transfer(s->conf.blk);
+            uint32_t max_iov = blk_get_max_iov(s->conf.blk);
 
             assert(max_transfer);
+            max_transfer = MIN_NON_ZERO(max_transfer, max_iov * qemu_real_host_page_size)
+                / s->blocksize;
             stl_be_p(&r->buf[8], max_transfer);
             /* Also take care of the opt xfer len. */
             stl_be_p(&r->buf[12],