diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 93cff719b066..c874931bae6b 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -553,10 +553,17 @@ int blk_rq_map_sg(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_rq_map_sg);
 
+static inline unsigned int blk_rq_get_max_segments(struct request *rq)
+{
+	if (req_op(rq) == REQ_OP_DISCARD)
+		return queue_max_discard_segments(rq->q);
+	return queue_max_segments(rq->q);
+}
+
 static inline int ll_new_hw_segment(struct request *req, struct bio *bio,
 		unsigned int nr_phys_segs)
 {
-	if (req->nr_phys_segments + nr_phys_segs > queue_max_segments(req->q))
+	if (req->nr_phys_segments + nr_phys_segs > blk_rq_get_max_segments(req))
 		goto no_merge;
 
 	if (blk_integrity_merge_bio(req->q, req, bio) == false)
@@ -640,7 +647,7 @@ static int ll_merge_requests_fn(struct request_queue *q, struct request *req,
 		return 0;
 
 	total_phys_segments = req->nr_phys_segments + next->nr_phys_segments;
-	if (total_phys_segments > queue_max_segments(q))
+	if (total_phys_segments > blk_rq_get_max_segments(req))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (blk_integrity_merge_rq(q, req, next) == false)