diff --git a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c
index 1b6418407467..026211e7ab09 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/platforms/iss/simdisk.c
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 #include <platform/simcall.h>
 
 #define SIMDISK_MAJOR 240
-#define SECTOR_SHIFT 9
 #define SIMDISK_MINORS 1
 #define MAX_SIMDISK_COUNT 10
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
index 8028a3a7e7fd..39a7fac9cb1a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/brd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
-#define SECTOR_SHIFT		9
 #define PAGE_SECTORS_SHIFT	(PAGE_SHIFT - SECTOR_SHIFT)
 #define PAGE_SECTORS		(1 << PAGE_SECTORS_SHIFT)
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/null_blk.c b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
index 287a09611c0f..7f5fc9f730b8 100644
--- a/drivers/block/null_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/null_blk.c
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@
 #include <linux/badblocks.h>
 #include <linux/fault-inject.h>
 
-#define SECTOR_SHIFT		9
 #define PAGE_SECTORS_SHIFT	(PAGE_SHIFT - SECTOR_SHIFT)
 #define PAGE_SECTORS		(1 << PAGE_SECTORS_SHIFT)
-#define SECTOR_SIZE		(1 << SECTOR_SHIFT)
 #define SECTOR_MASK		(PAGE_SECTORS - 1)
 
 #define FREE_BATCH		16
diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
index 31762db861e3..1e9bf65c0bfb 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.h
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ static const size_t max_zpage_size = PAGE_SIZE / 4 * 3;
 
 /*-- End of configurable params */
 
-#define SECTOR_SHIFT		9
 #define SECTORS_PER_PAGE_SHIFT	(PAGE_SHIFT - SECTOR_SHIFT)
 #define SECTORS_PER_PAGE	(1 << SECTORS_PER_PAGE_SHIFT)
 #define ZRAM_LOGICAL_BLOCK_SHIFT 12
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 7c3ed7c9af77..9bf8de69ce79 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t cdrom_start_rw(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request *rq)
 	struct request_queue *q = drive->queue;
 	int write = rq_data_dir(rq) == WRITE;
 	unsigned short sectors_per_frame =
-		queue_logical_block_size(q) >> SECTOR_BITS;
+		queue_logical_block_size(q) >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
 
 	ide_debug_log(IDE_DBG_RQ, "rq->cmd[0]: 0x%x, rq->cmd_flags: 0x%x, "
 				  "secs_per_frame: %u",
@@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ static int cdrom_read_capacity(ide_drive_t *drive, unsigned long *capacity,
 	 * end up being bogus.
 	 */
 	blocklen = be32_to_cpu(capbuf.blocklen);
-	blocklen = (blocklen >> SECTOR_BITS) << SECTOR_BITS;
+	blocklen = (blocklen >> SECTOR_SHIFT) << SECTOR_SHIFT;
 	switch (blocklen) {
 	case 512:
 	case 1024:
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ static int cdrom_read_capacity(ide_drive_t *drive, unsigned long *capacity,
 	}
 
 	*capacity = 1 + be32_to_cpu(capbuf.lba);
-	*sectors_per_frame = blocklen >> SECTOR_BITS;
+	*sectors_per_frame = blocklen >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
 
 	ide_debug_log(IDE_DBG_PROBE, "cap: %lu, sectors_per_frame: %lu",
 				     *capacity, *sectors_per_frame);
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ int ide_cd_read_toc(ide_drive_t *drive, struct request_sense *sense)
 	drive->probed_capacity = toc->capacity * sectors_per_frame;
 
 	blk_queue_logical_block_size(drive->queue,
-				     sectors_per_frame << SECTOR_BITS);
+				     sectors_per_frame << SECTOR_SHIFT);
 
 	/* first read just the header, so we know how long the TOC is */
 	stat = cdrom_read_tocentry(drive, 0, 1, 0, (char *) &toc->hdr,
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.h b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.h
index 264e822eba58..04f0f310a856 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.h
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.h
@@ -21,11 +21,7 @@
 
 /************************************************************************/
 
-#define SECTOR_BITS 		9
-#ifndef SECTOR_SIZE
-#define SECTOR_SIZE		(1 << SECTOR_BITS)
-#endif
-#define SECTORS_PER_FRAME	(CD_FRAMESIZE >> SECTOR_BITS)
+#define SECTORS_PER_FRAME	(CD_FRAMESIZE >> SECTOR_SHIFT)
 #define SECTOR_BUFFER_SIZE	(CD_FRAMESIZE * 32)
 
 /* Capabilities Page size including 8 bytes of Mode Page Header */
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h b/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
index 8d6375ee0fda..184e070d50a2 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/nd.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ enum {
 	 * BTT instance
 	 */
 	ND_MAX_LANES = 256,
-	SECTOR_SHIFT = 9,
 	INT_LBASIZE_ALIGNMENT = 64,
 	NVDIMM_IO_ATOMIC = 1,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/gdth.h b/drivers/scsi/gdth.h
index 95fc720c1b30..e6e5ccb1e0f3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/gdth.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/gdth.h
@@ -178,9 +178,6 @@
 #define MSG_SIZE        34                      /* size of message structure */
 #define MSG_REQUEST     0                       /* async. event: message */
 
-/* cacheservice defines */
-#define SECTOR_SIZE     0x200                   /* always 512 bytes per sec. */
-
 /* DPMEM constants */
 #define DPMEM_MAGIC     0xC0FFEE11
 #define IC_HEADER_BYTES 48
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 4f3df807cf8f..d507c33c4d48 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1079,6 +1079,17 @@ static inline struct request_queue *bdev_get_queue(struct block_device *bdev)
 	return bdev->bd_disk->queue;	/* this is never NULL */
 }
 
+/*
+ * Variables of type sector_t represent an offset or size that is a multiple of
+ * 2**9 bytes. Hence these two constants.
+ */
+#ifndef SECTOR_SHIFT
+#define SECTOR_SHIFT 9
+#endif
+#ifndef SECTOR_SIZE
+#define SECTOR_SIZE (1 << SECTOR_SHIFT)
+#endif
+
 /*
  * blk_rq_pos()			: the current sector
  * blk_rq_bytes()		: bytes left in the entire request
@@ -1106,12 +1117,12 @@ extern unsigned int blk_rq_err_bytes(const struct request *rq);
 
 static inline unsigned int blk_rq_sectors(const struct request *rq)
 {
-	return blk_rq_bytes(rq) >> 9;
+	return blk_rq_bytes(rq) >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int blk_rq_cur_sectors(const struct request *rq)
 {
-	return blk_rq_cur_bytes(rq) >> 9;
+	return blk_rq_cur_bytes(rq) >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int blk_rq_zone_no(struct request *rq)
@@ -1141,7 +1152,8 @@ static inline unsigned int blk_queue_get_max_sectors(struct request_queue *q,
 						     int op)
 {
 	if (unlikely(op == REQ_OP_DISCARD || op == REQ_OP_SECURE_ERASE))
-		return min(q->limits.max_discard_sectors, UINT_MAX >> 9);
+		return min(q->limits.max_discard_sectors,
+			   UINT_MAX >> SECTOR_SHIFT);
 
 	if (unlikely(op == REQ_OP_WRITE_SAME))
 		return q->limits.max_write_same_sectors;
@@ -1452,16 +1464,21 @@ extern int blkdev_issue_zeroout(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 static inline int sb_issue_discard(struct super_block *sb, sector_t block,
 		sector_t nr_blocks, gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned long flags)
 {
-	return blkdev_issue_discard(sb->s_bdev, block << (sb->s_blocksize_bits - 9),
-				    nr_blocks << (sb->s_blocksize_bits - 9),
+	return blkdev_issue_discard(sb->s_bdev,
+				    block << (sb->s_blocksize_bits -
+					      SECTOR_SHIFT),
+				    nr_blocks << (sb->s_blocksize_bits -
+						  SECTOR_SHIFT),
 				    gfp_mask, flags);
 }
 static inline int sb_issue_zeroout(struct super_block *sb, sector_t block,
 		sector_t nr_blocks, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	return blkdev_issue_zeroout(sb->s_bdev,
-				    block << (sb->s_blocksize_bits - 9),
-				    nr_blocks << (sb->s_blocksize_bits - 9),
+				    block << (sb->s_blocksize_bits -
+					      SECTOR_SHIFT),
+				    nr_blocks << (sb->s_blocksize_bits -
+						  SECTOR_SHIFT),
 				    gfp_mask, 0);
 }
 
@@ -1568,7 +1585,8 @@ static inline int queue_alignment_offset(struct request_queue *q)
 static inline int queue_limit_alignment_offset(struct queue_limits *lim, sector_t sector)
 {
 	unsigned int granularity = max(lim->physical_block_size, lim->io_min);
-	unsigned int alignment = sector_div(sector, granularity >> 9) << 9;
+	unsigned int alignment = sector_div(sector, granularity >> SECTOR_SHIFT)
+		<< SECTOR_SHIFT;
 
 	return (granularity + lim->alignment_offset - alignment) % granularity;
 }
@@ -1602,8 +1620,8 @@ static inline int queue_limit_discard_alignment(struct queue_limits *lim, sector
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Why are these in bytes, not sectors? */
-	alignment = lim->discard_alignment >> 9;
-	granularity = lim->discard_granularity >> 9;
+	alignment = lim->discard_alignment >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
+	granularity = lim->discard_granularity >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
 	if (!granularity)
 		return 0;
 
@@ -1614,7 +1632,7 @@ static inline int queue_limit_discard_alignment(struct queue_limits *lim, sector
 	offset = (granularity + alignment - offset) % granularity;
 
 	/* Turn it back into bytes, gaah */
-	return offset << 9;
+	return offset << SECTOR_SHIFT;
 }
 
 static inline int bdev_discard_alignment(struct block_device *bdev)
diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index da83f64952e7..4384433b50e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -542,8 +542,6 @@ do {									\
 #define DMEMIT(x...) sz += ((sz >= maxlen) ? \
 			  0 : scnprintf(result + sz, maxlen - sz, x))
 
-#define SECTOR_SHIFT 9
-
 /*
  * Definitions of return values from target end_io function.
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 771989d25ef8..0acfa62b1d44 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ struct ide_io_ports {
  */
 #define PARTN_BITS	6	/* number of minor dev bits for partitions */
 #define MAX_DRIVES	2	/* per interface; 2 assumed by lots of code */
-#define SECTOR_SIZE	512
 
 /*
  * Timeouts for various operations:
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/msdos_fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/msdos_fs.h
index a45d0754102e..fde753735aba 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/msdos_fs.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/msdos_fs.h
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
  * The MS-DOS filesystem constants/structures
  */
 
+#ifndef SECTOR_SIZE
 #define SECTOR_SIZE	512		/* sector size (bytes) */
+#endif
 #define SECTOR_BITS	9		/* log2(SECTOR_SIZE) */
 #define MSDOS_DPB	(MSDOS_DPS)	/* dir entries per block */
 #define MSDOS_DPB_BITS	4		/* log2(MSDOS_DPB) */
