diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index c615387aedca..156358977249 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ link_dev_buffers(struct page *page, struct buffer_head *head)
 static sector_t blkdev_max_block(struct block_device *bdev, unsigned int size)
 {
 	sector_t retval = ~((sector_t)0);
-	loff_t sz = i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode);
+	loff_t sz = bdev_nr_bytes(bdev);
 
 	if (sz) {
 		unsigned int sizebits = blksize_bits(size);