diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
index e2695101bb9..f2aa7543d20 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
@@ -941,6 +941,8 @@ int se_dev_set_queue_depth(struct se_device *dev, u32 queue_depth)
 
 int se_dev_set_fabric_max_sectors(struct se_device *dev, u32 fabric_max_sectors)
 {
+	int block_size = dev->dev_attrib.block_size;
+
 	if (dev->export_count) {
 		pr_err("dev[%p]: Unable to change SE Device"
 			" fabric_max_sectors while export_count is %d\n",
@@ -978,8 +980,12 @@ int se_dev_set_fabric_max_sectors(struct se_device *dev, u32 fabric_max_sectors)
 	/*
 	 * Align max_sectors down to PAGE_SIZE to follow transport_allocate_data_tasks()
 	 */
+	if (!block_size) {
+		block_size = 512;
+		pr_warn("Defaulting to 512 for zero block_size\n");
+	}
 	fabric_max_sectors = se_dev_align_max_sectors(fabric_max_sectors,
-						      dev->dev_attrib.block_size);
+						      block_size);
 
 	dev->dev_attrib.fabric_max_sectors = fabric_max_sectors;
 	pr_debug("dev[%p]: SE Device max_sectors changed to %u\n",