diff --git a/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c b/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c
index 8f06c411758f..1686ddfce77d 100644
--- a/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c
+++ b/module/zfs/vdev_disk.c
@@ -621,7 +621,6 @@ __vdev_disk_physio(struct block_device *bdev, zio_t *zio,
 	bio_offset = io_offset;
 	bio_size   = io_size;
 	for (i = 0; i <= dr->dr_bio_count; i++) {
-		unsigned int nr_iovecs;
 
 		/* Finished constructing bio's for given buffer */
 		if (bio_size <= 0)
@@ -639,11 +638,10 @@ __vdev_disk_physio(struct block_device *bdev, zio_t *zio,
 		}
 
 		/* bio_alloc() with __GFP_WAIT never returns NULL */
-		nr_iovecs = MIN(abd_nr_pages_off(zio->io_abd, bio_size,
-		    abd_offset), BIO_MAX_PAGES);
-		dr->dr_bio[i] = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, nr_iovecs);
-		if (unlikely(dr->dr_bio[i] == NULL ||
-		    (unsigned int)dr->dr_bio[i]->bi_max_vecs != nr_iovecs)) {
+		dr->dr_bio[i] = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO,
+		    MIN(abd_nr_pages_off(zio->io_abd, bio_size, abd_offset),
+		    BIO_MAX_PAGES));
+		if (unlikely(dr->dr_bio[i] == NULL)) {
 			vdev_disk_dio_free(dr);
 			return (SET_ERROR(ENOMEM));
 		}