diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index 67e6dbc1ae81..e59c3069e835 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -309,6 +309,11 @@ int blkdev_issue_secure_erase(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 	struct blk_plug plug;
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	/* make sure that "len << SECTOR_SHIFT" doesn't overflow */
+	if (max_sectors > UINT_MAX >> SECTOR_SHIFT)
+		max_sectors = UINT_MAX >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
+	max_sectors &= ~bs_mask;
+
 	if (max_sectors == 0)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	if ((sector | nr_sects) & bs_mask)
@@ -322,10 +327,10 @@ int blkdev_issue_secure_erase(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 
 		bio = blk_next_bio(bio, bdev, 0, REQ_OP_SECURE_ERASE, gfp);
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
-		bio->bi_iter.bi_size = len;
+		bio->bi_iter.bi_size = len << SECTOR_SHIFT;
 
-		sector += len << SECTOR_SHIFT;
-		nr_sects -= len << SECTOR_SHIFT;
+		sector += len;
+		nr_sects -= len;
 		if (!nr_sects) {
 			ret = submit_bio_wait(bio);
 			bio_put(bio);