diff --git a/nbd/client.c b/nbd/client.c
index 5604aa9022..20e6daf70f 100644
--- a/nbd/client.c
+++ b/nbd/client.c
@@ -593,9 +593,15 @@ fail:
 #ifdef __linux__
 int nbd_init(int fd, QIOChannelSocket *sioc, uint32_t flags, off_t size)
 {
+    unsigned long sectors = size / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE;
+    if (size / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE != sectors) {
+        LOG("Export size %lld too large for 32-bit kernel", (long long) size);
+        return -E2BIG;
+    }
+
     TRACE("Setting NBD socket");
 
-    if (ioctl(fd, NBD_SET_SOCK, sioc->fd) < 0) {
+    if (ioctl(fd, NBD_SET_SOCK, (unsigned long) sioc->fd) < 0) {
         int serrno = errno;
         LOG("Failed to set NBD socket");
         return -serrno;
@@ -603,21 +609,25 @@ int nbd_init(int fd, QIOChannelSocket *sioc, uint32_t flags, off_t size)
 
     TRACE("Setting block size to %lu", (unsigned long)BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE);
 
-    if (ioctl(fd, NBD_SET_BLKSIZE, (size_t)BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE) < 0) {
+    if (ioctl(fd, NBD_SET_BLKSIZE, (unsigned long)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 / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE));
+    TRACE("Setting size to %lu block(s)", sectors);
+    if (size % BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE) {
+        TRACE("Ignoring trailing %d bytes of export",
+              (int) (size % BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE));
+    }
 
-    if (ioctl(fd, NBD_SET_SIZE_BLOCKS, (size_t)(size / BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE)) < 0) {
+    if (ioctl(fd, NBD_SET_SIZE_BLOCKS, sectors) < 0) {
         int serrno = errno;
         LOG("Failed setting size (in blocks)");
         return -serrno;
     }
 
-    if (ioctl(fd, NBD_SET_FLAGS, flags) < 0) {
+    if (ioctl(fd, NBD_SET_FLAGS, (unsigned long) flags) < 0) {
         if (errno == ENOTTY) {
             int read_only = (flags & NBD_FLAG_READ_ONLY) != 0;
             TRACE("Setting readonly attribute");