diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index 09af9c7b0f52..bd79bbeceb1d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@ static void submit_write_page(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct page *page,
 				block_t blk_addr, enum page_type type)
 {
 	struct block_device *bdev = sbi->sb->s_bdev;
+	int bio_blocks;
 
 	verify_block_addr(sbi, blk_addr);
 
@@ -676,7 +677,8 @@ retry:
 			goto retry;
 		}
 
-		sbi->bio[type] = f2fs_bio_alloc(bdev, max_hw_blocks(sbi));
+		bio_blocks = MAX_BIO_BLOCKS(max_hw_blocks(sbi));
+		sbi->bio[type] = f2fs_bio_alloc(bdev, bio_blocks);
 		sbi->bio[type]->bi_sector = SECTOR_FROM_BLOCK(sbi, blk_addr);
 		sbi->bio[type]->bi_private = priv;
 		/*
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.h b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
index bdd10eab8c40..7f94d78cda3d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.h
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.h
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@
 	(blk_addr << ((sbi)->log_blocksize - F2FS_LOG_SECTOR_SIZE))
 #define SECTOR_TO_BLOCK(sbi, sectors)					\
 	(sectors >> ((sbi)->log_blocksize - F2FS_LOG_SECTOR_SIZE))
+#define MAX_BIO_BLOCKS(max_hw_blocks)					\
+	(min((int)max_hw_blocks, BIO_MAX_PAGES))
 
 /* during checkpoint, bio_private is used to synchronize the last bio */
 struct bio_private {