diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
index aeebc9c23c..3134a60a48 100644
--- a/block/io.c
+++ b/block/io.c
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ static bool coroutine_fn wait_serialising_requests(BdrvTrackedRequest *self)
 static int bdrv_check_byte_request(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t offset,
                                    size_t size)
 {
-    if (size > BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS) {
+    if (size > BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_BYTES) {
         return -EIO;
     }
 
@@ -1017,7 +1017,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_driver_preadv(BlockDriverState *bs,
 
     assert((offset & (BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE - 1)) == 0);
     assert((bytes & (BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE - 1)) == 0);
-    assert((bytes >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS) <= BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS);
+    assert(bytes <= BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_BYTES);
     assert(drv->bdrv_co_readv);
 
     return drv->bdrv_co_readv(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, qiov);
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn bdrv_driver_pwritev(BlockDriverState *bs,
 
     assert((offset & (BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE - 1)) == 0);
     assert((bytes & (BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE - 1)) == 0);
-    assert((bytes >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS) <= BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS);
+    assert(bytes <= BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_BYTES);
 
     assert(drv->bdrv_co_writev);
     ret = drv->bdrv_co_writev(bs, sector_num, nb_sectors, qiov,
diff --git a/qemu-io-cmds.c b/qemu-io-cmds.c
index 8826bebaf6..30a7d9a13b 100644
--- a/qemu-io-cmds.c
+++ b/qemu-io-cmds.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ static int do_write_compressed(BlockBackend *blk, char *buf, int64_t offset,
 {
     int ret;
 
-    if (bytes >> 9 > BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS) {
+    if (bytes > BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_BYTES) {
         return -ERANGE;
     }
 
@@ -1781,10 +1781,9 @@ static int discard_f(BlockBackend *blk, int argc, char **argv)
     if (bytes < 0) {
         print_cvtnum_err(bytes, argv[optind]);
         return bytes;
-    } else if (bytes >> BDRV_SECTOR_BITS > BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS) {
+    } else if (bytes > BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_BYTES) {
         printf("length cannot exceed %"PRIu64", given %s\n",
-               (uint64_t)BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_SECTORS << BDRV_SECTOR_BITS,
-               argv[optind]);
+               (uint64_t)BDRV_REQUEST_MAX_BYTES, argv[optind]);
         return -EINVAL;
     }