diff --git a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
index 6d13f1481de0..6c041eaebdb9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/ublk_drv.c
@@ -920,6 +920,9 @@ static int ublk_validate_params(const struct ublk_device *ub)
 		if (p->max_sectors > (ub->dev_info.max_io_buf_bytes >> 9))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
+		if (p->max_sectors < PAGE_SECTORS)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		if (ublk_dev_is_zoned(ub) && !p->chunk_sectors)
 			return -EINVAL;
 	} else