diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 42a46744c11b..6b5ad275ed56 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -714,6 +714,31 @@ static void blk_account_io_merge(struct request *req)
 		part_stat_unlock();
 	}
 }
+/*
+ * Two cases of handling DISCARD merge:
+ * If max_discard_segments > 1, the driver takes every bio
+ * as a range and send them to controller together. The ranges
+ * needn't to be contiguous.
+ * Otherwise, the bios/requests will be handled as same as
+ * others which should be contiguous.
+ */
+static inline bool blk_discard_mergable(struct request *req)
+{
+	if (req_op(req) == REQ_OP_DISCARD &&
+	    queue_max_discard_segments(req->q) > 1)
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
+enum elv_merge blk_try_req_merge(struct request *req, struct request *next)
+{
+	if (blk_discard_mergable(req))
+		return ELEVATOR_DISCARD_MERGE;
+	else if (blk_rq_pos(req) + blk_rq_sectors(req) == blk_rq_pos(next))
+		return ELEVATOR_BACK_MERGE;
+
+	return ELEVATOR_NO_MERGE;
+}
 
 /*
  * For non-mq, this has to be called with the request spinlock acquired.
@@ -731,12 +756,6 @@ static struct request *attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q,
 	if (req_op(req) != req_op(next))
 		return NULL;
 
-	/*
-	 * not contiguous
-	 */
-	if (blk_rq_pos(req) + blk_rq_sectors(req) != blk_rq_pos(next))
-		return NULL;
-
 	if (rq_data_dir(req) != rq_data_dir(next)
 	    || req->rq_disk != next->rq_disk
 	    || req_no_special_merge(next))
@@ -760,11 +779,19 @@ static struct request *attempt_merge(struct request_queue *q,
 	 * counts here. Handle DISCARDs separately, as they
 	 * have separate settings.
 	 */
-	if (req_op(req) == REQ_OP_DISCARD) {
+
+	switch (blk_try_req_merge(req, next)) {
+	case ELEVATOR_DISCARD_MERGE:
 		if (!req_attempt_discard_merge(q, req, next))
 			return NULL;
-	} else if (!ll_merge_requests_fn(q, req, next))
+		break;
+	case ELEVATOR_BACK_MERGE:
+		if (!ll_merge_requests_fn(q, req, next))
+			return NULL;
+		break;
+	default:
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If failfast settings disagree or any of the two is already
@@ -888,8 +915,7 @@ bool blk_rq_merge_ok(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 
 enum elv_merge blk_try_merge(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	if (req_op(rq) == REQ_OP_DISCARD &&
-	    queue_max_discard_segments(rq->q) > 1)
+	if (blk_discard_mergable(rq))
 		return ELEVATOR_DISCARD_MERGE;
 	else if (blk_rq_pos(rq) + blk_rq_sectors(rq) == bio->bi_iter.bi_sector)
 		return ELEVATOR_BACK_MERGE;