diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 7abeb5869426..26c8ea790867 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1971,6 +1971,12 @@ static const struct blk_mq_ops loop_mq_ops = {
 
 static int loop_add(int i)
 {
+	struct queue_limits lim = {
+		/*
+		 * Random number picked from the historic block max_sectors cap.
+		 */
+		.max_hw_sectors		= 2560u,
+	};
 	struct loop_device *lo;
 	struct gendisk *disk;
 	int err;
@@ -2014,16 +2020,13 @@ static int loop_add(int i)
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free_idr;
 
-	disk = lo->lo_disk = blk_mq_alloc_disk(&lo->tag_set, NULL, lo);
+	disk = lo->lo_disk = blk_mq_alloc_disk(&lo->tag_set, &lim, lo);
 	if (IS_ERR(disk)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(disk);
 		goto out_cleanup_tags;
 	}
 	lo->lo_queue = lo->lo_disk->queue;
 
-	/* random number picked from the history block max_sectors cap */
-	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(lo->lo_queue, 2560u);
-
 	/*
 	 * By default, we do buffer IO, so it doesn't make sense to enable
 	 * merge because the I/O submitted to backing file is handled page by