diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c
index 0f6ebd001c..9ba1bada36 100644
--- a/block/io.c
+++ b/block/io.c
@@ -2632,7 +2632,7 @@ int bdrv_flush(BlockDriverState *bs)
 typedef struct DiscardCo {
     BdrvChild *child;
     int64_t offset;
-    int bytes;
+    int64_t bytes;
     int ret;
 } DiscardCo;
 static void coroutine_fn bdrv_pdiscard_co_entry(void *opaque)
@@ -2643,14 +2643,15 @@ static void coroutine_fn bdrv_pdiscard_co_entry(void *opaque)
     aio_wait_kick();
 }
 
-int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_pdiscard(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, int bytes)
+int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_pdiscard(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset,
+                                  int64_t bytes)
 {
     BdrvTrackedRequest req;
     int max_pdiscard, ret;
     int head, tail, align;
     BlockDriverState *bs = child->bs;
 
-    if (!bs || !bs->drv) {
+    if (!bs || !bs->drv || !bdrv_is_inserted(bs)) {
         return -ENOMEDIUM;
     }
 
@@ -2658,9 +2659,8 @@ int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_pdiscard(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, int bytes)
         return -EPERM;
     }
 
-    ret = bdrv_check_byte_request(bs, offset, bytes);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
+    if (offset < 0 || bytes < 0 || bytes > INT64_MAX - offset) {
+        return -EIO;
     }
 
     /* Do nothing if disabled.  */
@@ -2695,7 +2695,7 @@ int coroutine_fn bdrv_co_pdiscard(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, int bytes)
     assert(max_pdiscard >= bs->bl.request_alignment);
 
     while (bytes > 0) {
-        int num = bytes;
+        int64_t num = bytes;
 
         if (head) {
             /* Make small requests to get to alignment boundaries. */
@@ -2757,7 +2757,7 @@ out:
     return ret;
 }
 
-int bdrv_pdiscard(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, int bytes)
+int bdrv_pdiscard(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, int64_t bytes)
 {
     Coroutine *co;
     DiscardCo rwco = {
diff --git a/include/block/block.h b/include/block/block.h
index 13ea050a5b..f9415ed740 100644
--- a/include/block/block.h
+++ b/include/block/block.h
@@ -434,8 +434,8 @@ void bdrv_drain_all(void);
     AIO_WAIT_WHILE(bdrv_get_aio_context(bs_),              \
                    cond); })
 
-int bdrv_pdiscard(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, int bytes);
-int bdrv_co_pdiscard(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, int bytes);
+int bdrv_pdiscard(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, int64_t bytes);
+int bdrv_co_pdiscard(BdrvChild *child, int64_t offset, int64_t bytes);
 int bdrv_has_zero_init_1(BlockDriverState *bs);
 int bdrv_has_zero_init(BlockDriverState *bs);
 bool bdrv_unallocated_blocks_are_zero(BlockDriverState *bs);