diff --git a/block/nbd.c b/block/nbd.c
index 2160859f64..d4d518a780 100644
--- a/block/nbd.c
+++ b/block/nbd.c
@@ -1320,9 +1320,7 @@ static int coroutine_fn nbd_client_co_block_status(
     NBDRequest request = {
         .type = NBD_CMD_BLOCK_STATUS,
         .from = offset,
-        .len = MIN(MIN_NON_ZERO(QEMU_ALIGN_DOWN(INT_MAX,
-                                                bs->bl.request_alignment),
-                                s->info.max_block),
+        .len = MIN(QEMU_ALIGN_DOWN(INT_MAX, bs->bl.request_alignment),
                    MIN(bytes, s->info.size - offset)),
         .flags = NBD_CMD_FLAG_REQ_ONE,
     };