diff --git a/block/nbd-client.c b/block/nbd-client.c
index 259f5a3cb6..e1bb9198c5 100644
--- a/block/nbd-client.c
+++ b/block/nbd-client.c
@@ -386,8 +386,7 @@ int nbd_client_init(BlockDriverState *bs, int sock, const char *export,
     logout("session init %s\n", export);
     qemu_set_block(sock);
     ret = nbd_receive_negotiate(sock, export,
-                                &client->nbdflags, &client->size,
-                                &client->blocksize, errp);
+                                &client->nbdflags, &client->size, errp);
     if (ret < 0) {
         logout("Failed to negotiate with the NBD server\n");
         closesocket(sock);
diff --git a/block/nbd-client.h b/block/nbd-client.h
index fa4ff42d22..e8413408b5 100644
--- a/block/nbd-client.h
+++ b/block/nbd-client.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ typedef struct NbdClientSession {
     int sock;
     uint32_t nbdflags;
     off_t size;
-    size_t blocksize;
 
     CoMutex send_mutex;
     CoMutex free_sema;
diff --git a/include/block/nbd.h b/include/block/nbd.h
index 53726e82e9..65f409d804 100644
--- a/include/block/nbd.h
+++ b/include/block/nbd.h
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ enum {
 
 ssize_t nbd_wr_sync(int fd, void *buffer, size_t size, bool do_read);
 int nbd_receive_negotiate(int csock, const char *name, uint32_t *flags,
-                          off_t *size, size_t *blocksize, Error **errp);
-int nbd_init(int fd, int csock, uint32_t flags, off_t size, size_t blocksize);
+                          off_t *size, Error **errp);
+int nbd_init(int fd, int csock, uint32_t flags, off_t size);
 ssize_t nbd_send_request(int csock, struct nbd_request *request);
 ssize_t nbd_receive_reply(int csock, struct nbd_reply *reply);
 int nbd_client(int fd);
diff --git a/nbd.c b/nbd.c
index 8837e751d1..3d550f750a 100644
--- a/nbd.c
+++ b/nbd.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ fail:
 }
 
 int nbd_receive_negotiate(int csock, const char *name, uint32_t *flags,
-                          off_t *size, size_t *blocksize, Error **errp)
+                          off_t *size, Error **errp)
 {
     char buf[256];
     uint64_t magic, s;
@@ -603,7 +603,6 @@ int nbd_receive_negotiate(int csock, const char *name, uint32_t *flags,
         goto fail;
     }
     *size = be64_to_cpu(s);
-    *blocksize = 1024;
     TRACE("Size is %" PRIu64, *size);
 
     if (!name) {
@@ -630,7 +629,7 @@ fail:
 }
 
 #ifdef __linux__
-int nbd_init(int fd, int csock, uint32_t flags, off_t size, size_t blocksize)
+int nbd_init(int fd, int csock, uint32_t flags, off_t size)
 {
     TRACE("Setting NBD socket");
 
@@ -640,17 +639,17 @@ int nbd_init(int fd, int csock, uint32_t flags, off_t size, size_t blocksize)
         return -serrno;
     }
 
-    TRACE("Setting block size to %lu", (unsigned long)blocksize);
+    TRACE("Setting block size to %lu", (unsigned long)BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
 
-    if (ioctl(fd, NBD_SET_BLKSIZE, blocksize) < 0) {
+    if (ioctl(fd, NBD_SET_BLKSIZE, (size_t)BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE) < 0) {
         int serrno = errno;
         LOG("Failed setting NBD block size");
         return -serrno;
     }
 
-        TRACE("Setting size to %zd block(s)", (size_t)(size / blocksize));
+    TRACE("Setting size to %zd block(s)", (size_t)(size / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE));
 
-    if (ioctl(fd, NBD_SET_SIZE_BLOCKS, size / blocksize) < 0) {
+    if (ioctl(fd, NBD_SET_SIZE_BLOCKS, size / (size_t)BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE) < 0) {
         int serrno = errno;
         LOG("Failed setting size (in blocks)");
         return -serrno;
@@ -715,7 +714,7 @@ int nbd_client(int fd)
     return ret;
 }
 #else
-int nbd_init(int fd, int csock, uint32_t flags, off_t size, size_t blocksize)
+int nbd_init(int fd, int csock, uint32_t flags, off_t size)
 {
     return -ENOTSUP;
 }
diff --git a/qemu-nbd.c b/qemu-nbd.c
index a4a9a0cf37..7e690fff7e 100644
--- a/qemu-nbd.c
+++ b/qemu-nbd.c
@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ static void *nbd_client_thread(void *arg)
 {
     char *device = arg;
     off_t size;
-    size_t blocksize;
     uint32_t nbdflags;
     int fd, sock;
     int ret;
@@ -292,7 +291,7 @@ static void *nbd_client_thread(void *arg)
     }
 
     ret = nbd_receive_negotiate(sock, NULL, &nbdflags,
-                                &size, &blocksize, &local_error);
+                                &size, &local_error);
     if (ret < 0) {
         if (local_error) {
             fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", error_get_pretty(local_error));
@@ -308,7 +307,7 @@ static void *nbd_client_thread(void *arg)
         goto out_socket;
     }
 
-    ret = nbd_init(fd, sock, nbdflags, size, blocksize);
+    ret = nbd_init(fd, sock, nbdflags, size);
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto out_fd;
     }