diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
index abdd45d07bf6..41e7cfdb450d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-target.c
@@ -2338,8 +2338,7 @@ static int cache_create(struct cache_args *ca, struct cache **result)
 	ti->num_discard_bios = 1;
 	ti->discards_supported = true;
 	ti->discard_zeroes_data_unsupported = true;
-	/* Discard bios must be split on a block boundary */
-	ti->split_discard_bios = true;
+	ti->split_discard_bios = false;
 
 	cache->features = ca->features;
 	ti->per_bio_data_size = get_per_bio_data_size(cache);
@@ -2440,7 +2439,8 @@ static int cache_create(struct cache_args *ca, struct cache **result)
 	cache->discard_block_size =
 		calculate_discard_block_size(cache->sectors_per_block,
 					     cache->origin_sectors);
-	cache->discard_nr_blocks = oblock_to_dblock(cache, cache->origin_blocks);
+	cache->discard_nr_blocks = to_dblock(dm_sector_div_up(cache->origin_sectors,
+							      cache->discard_block_size));
 	cache->discard_bitset = alloc_bitset(from_dblock(cache->discard_nr_blocks));
 	if (!cache->discard_bitset) {
 		*error = "could not allocate discard bitset";