diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index 5f2c429d4378..019e09bb9c0e 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ int __blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
 	struct bio *bio = *biop;
 	unsigned int op;
-	sector_t bs_mask;
+	sector_t bs_mask, part_offset = 0;
 
 	if (!q)
 		return -ENXIO;
@@ -54,9 +54,34 @@ int __blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 	if (!nr_sects)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/* In case the discard request is in a partition */
+	if (bdev->bd_partno)
+		part_offset = bdev->bd_part->start_sect;
+
 	while (nr_sects) {
-		sector_t req_sects = min_t(sector_t, nr_sects,
-				bio_allowed_max_sectors(q));
+		sector_t granularity_aligned_lba, req_sects;
+		sector_t sector_mapped = sector + part_offset;
+
+		granularity_aligned_lba = round_up(sector_mapped,
+				q->limits.discard_granularity >> SECTOR_SHIFT);
+
+		/*
+		 * Check whether the discard bio starts at a discard_granularity
+		 * aligned LBA,
+		 * - If no: set (granularity_aligned_lba - sector_mapped) to
+		 *   bi_size of the first split bio, then the second bio will
+		 *   start at a discard_granularity aligned LBA on the device.
+		 * - If yes: use bio_aligned_discard_max_sectors() as the max
+		 *   possible bi_size of the first split bio. Then when this bio
+		 *   is split in device drive, the split ones are very probably
+		 *   to be aligned to discard_granularity of the device's queue.
+		 */
+		if (granularity_aligned_lba == sector_mapped)
+			req_sects = min_t(sector_t, nr_sects,
+					  bio_aligned_discard_max_sectors(q));
+		else
+			req_sects = min_t(sector_t, nr_sects,
+					  granularity_aligned_lba - sector_mapped);
 
 		WARN_ON_ONCE((req_sects << 9) > UINT_MAX);
 
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 9dcf51c94096..49e2928a1632 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -264,6 +264,20 @@ static inline unsigned int bio_allowed_max_sectors(struct request_queue *q)
 	return round_down(UINT_MAX, queue_logical_block_size(q)) >> 9;
 }
 
+/*
+ * The max bio size which is aligned to q->limits.discard_granularity. This
+ * is a hint to split large discard bio in generic block layer, then if device
+ * driver needs to split the discard bio into smaller ones, their bi_size can
+ * be very probably and easily aligned to discard_granularity of the device's
+ * queue.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int bio_aligned_discard_max_sectors(
+					struct request_queue *q)
+{
+	return round_down(UINT_MAX, q->limits.discard_granularity) >>
+			SECTOR_SHIFT;
+}
+
 /*
  * Internal io_context interface
  */