diff --git a/block/blk-map.c b/block/blk-map.c
index 21630dccac62..369e204d14d0 100644
--- a/block/blk-map.c
+++ b/block/blk-map.c
@@ -150,9 +150,7 @@ static int bio_copy_user_iov(struct request *rq, struct rq_map_data *map_data,
 	bmd->is_our_pages = !map_data;
 	bmd->is_null_mapped = (map_data && map_data->null_mapped);
 
-	nr_pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(offset + len, PAGE_SIZE);
-	if (nr_pages > BIO_MAX_PAGES)
-		nr_pages = BIO_MAX_PAGES;
+	nr_pages = bio_max_segs(DIV_ROUND_UP(offset + len, PAGE_SIZE));
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	bio = bio_kmalloc(gfp_mask, nr_pages);
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
index 9ebf53903d7b..2d5ebf2c321b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
@@ -1322,9 +1322,7 @@ static int dispatch_rw_block_io(struct xen_blkif_ring *ring,
 				     pages[i]->page,
 				     seg[i].nsec << 9,
 				     seg[i].offset) == 0)) {
-
-			int nr_iovecs = min_t(int, (nseg-i), BIO_MAX_PAGES);
-			bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, nr_iovecs);
+			bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, bio_max_segs(nseg - i));
 			if (unlikely(bio == NULL))
 				goto fail_put_bio;
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-io.c b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
index 4312007d2d34..2d3cda0acacb 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-io.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
@@ -341,8 +341,8 @@ static void do_region(int op, int op_flags, unsigned region,
 			num_bvecs = 1;
 			break;
 		default:
-			num_bvecs = min_t(int, BIO_MAX_PAGES,
-					  dm_sector_div_up(remaining, (PAGE_SIZE >> SECTOR_SHIFT)));
+			num_bvecs = bio_max_segs(dm_sector_div_up(remaining,
+						(PAGE_SIZE >> SECTOR_SHIFT)));
 		}
 
 		bio = bio_alloc_bioset(GFP_NOIO, num_bvecs, &io->client->bios);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-log-writes.c b/drivers/md/dm-log-writes.c
index e3d35c6c9f71..57882654ffee 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-log-writes.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-log-writes.c
@@ -264,15 +264,14 @@ static int write_inline_data(struct log_writes_c *lc, void *entry,
 			     size_t entrylen, void *data, size_t datalen,
 			     sector_t sector)
 {
-	int num_pages, bio_pages, pg_datalen, pg_sectorlen, i;
+	int bio_pages, pg_datalen, pg_sectorlen, i;
 	struct page *page;
 	struct bio *bio;
 	size_t ret;
 	void *ptr;
 
 	while (datalen) {
-		num_pages = ALIGN(datalen, PAGE_SIZE) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-		bio_pages = min(num_pages, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
+		bio_pages = bio_max_segs(DIV_ROUND_UP(datalen, PAGE_SIZE));
 
 		atomic_inc(&lc->io_blocks);
 
@@ -364,7 +363,7 @@ static int log_one_block(struct log_writes_c *lc,
 		goto out;
 
 	atomic_inc(&lc->io_blocks);
-	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, min(block->vec_cnt, BIO_MAX_PAGES));
+	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, bio_max_segs(block->vec_cnt));
 	if (!bio) {
 		DMERR("Couldn't alloc log bio");
 		goto error;
@@ -386,7 +385,8 @@ static int log_one_block(struct log_writes_c *lc,
 		if (ret != block->vecs[i].bv_len) {
 			atomic_inc(&lc->io_blocks);
 			submit_bio(bio);
-			bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, min(block->vec_cnt - i, BIO_MAX_PAGES));
+			bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL,
+					bio_max_segs(block->vec_cnt - i));
 			if (!bio) {
 				DMERR("Couldn't alloc log bio");
 				goto error;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-bdev.c b/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-bdev.c
index bf6e0ac9ad28..86703a0bdc2a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-bdev.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/io-cmd-bdev.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static int nvmet_bdev_alloc_bip(struct nvmet_req *req, struct bio *bio,
 	}
 
 	bip = bio_integrity_alloc(bio, GFP_NOIO,
-		min_t(unsigned int, req->metadata_sg_cnt, BIO_MAX_PAGES));
+					bio_max_segs(req->metadata_sg_cnt));
 	if (IS_ERR(bip)) {
 		pr_err("Unable to allocate bio_integrity_payload\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(bip);
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static int nvmet_bdev_alloc_bip(struct nvmet_req *req, struct bio *bio,
 
 static void nvmet_bdev_execute_rw(struct nvmet_req *req)
 {
-	int sg_cnt = req->sg_cnt;
+	unsigned int sg_cnt = req->sg_cnt;
 	struct bio *bio;
 	struct scatterlist *sg;
 	struct blk_plug plug;
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static void nvmet_bdev_execute_rw(struct nvmet_req *req)
 		bio = &req->b.inline_bio;
 		bio_init(bio, req->inline_bvec, ARRAY_SIZE(req->inline_bvec));
 	} else {
-		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, min(sg_cnt, BIO_MAX_PAGES));
+		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, bio_max_segs(sg_cnt));
 	}
 	bio_set_dev(bio, req->ns->bdev);
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static void nvmet_bdev_execute_rw(struct nvmet_req *req)
 				}
 			}
 
-			bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, min(sg_cnt, BIO_MAX_PAGES));
+			bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, bio_max_segs(sg_cnt));
 			bio_set_dev(bio, req->ns->bdev);
 			bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
 			bio->bi_opf = op;
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/passthru.c b/drivers/nvme/target/passthru.c
index cbc88acdd233..dc902555a35c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/passthru.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/passthru.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ static u16 nvmet_passthru_override_id_ctrl(struct nvmet_req *req)
 	struct nvme_ctrl *pctrl = ctrl->subsys->passthru_ctrl;
 	u16 status = NVME_SC_SUCCESS;
 	struct nvme_id_ctrl *id;
-	int max_hw_sectors;
+	unsigned int max_hw_sectors;
 	int page_shift;
 
 	id = kzalloc(sizeof(*id), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static int nvmet_passthru_map_sg(struct nvmet_req *req, struct request *rq)
 		bio = &req->p.inline_bio;
 		bio_init(bio, req->inline_bvec, ARRAY_SIZE(req->inline_bvec));
 	} else {
-		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, min(req->sg_cnt, BIO_MAX_PAGES));
+		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, bio_max_segs(req->sg_cnt));
 		bio->bi_end_io = bio_put;
 	}
 	bio->bi_opf = req_op(rq);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c b/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c
index 8ed93fd205c7..ee3d52061281 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c
@@ -315,10 +315,8 @@ iblock_get_bio(struct se_cmd *cmd, sector_t lba, u32 sg_num, int op,
 	 * Only allocate as many vector entries as the bio code allows us to,
 	 * we'll loop later on until we have handled the whole request.
 	 */
-	if (sg_num > BIO_MAX_PAGES)
-		sg_num = BIO_MAX_PAGES;
-
-	bio = bio_alloc_bioset(GFP_NOIO, sg_num, &ib_dev->ibd_bio_set);
+	bio = bio_alloc_bioset(GFP_NOIO, bio_max_segs(sg_num),
+				&ib_dev->ibd_bio_set);
 	if (!bio) {
 		pr_err("Unable to allocate memory for bio\n");
 		return NULL;
@@ -638,8 +636,7 @@ iblock_alloc_bip(struct se_cmd *cmd, struct bio *bio,
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	bip = bio_integrity_alloc(bio, GFP_NOIO,
-			min_t(unsigned int, cmd->t_prot_nents, BIO_MAX_PAGES));
+	bip = bio_integrity_alloc(bio, GFP_NOIO, bio_max_segs(cmd->t_prot_nents));
 	if (IS_ERR(bip)) {
 		pr_err("Unable to allocate bio_integrity_payload\n");
 		return PTR_ERR(bip);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c b/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c
index 33770e5808ce..3cbc074992bc 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_pscsi.c
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ pscsi_map_sg(struct se_cmd *cmd, struct scatterlist *sgl, u32 sgl_nents,
 
 			if (!bio) {
 new_bio:
-				nr_vecs = min_t(int, BIO_MAX_PAGES, nr_pages);
+				nr_vecs = bio_max_segs(nr_pages);
 				nr_pages -= nr_vecs;
 				/*
 				 * Calls bio_kmalloc() and sets bio->bi_end_io()
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index cf933048f139..9be7ad01110b 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ static void blkdev_bio_end_io_simple(struct bio *bio)
 
 static ssize_t
 __blkdev_direct_IO_simple(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
-		int nr_pages)
+		unsigned int nr_pages)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(bdev_file_inode(file));
@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ static void blkdev_bio_end_io(struct bio *bio)
 	}
 }
 
-static ssize_t
-__blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, int nr_pages)
+static ssize_t __blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter,
+		unsigned int nr_pages)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = bdev_file_inode(file);
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ __blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, int nr_pages)
 static ssize_t
 blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 {
-	int nr_pages;
+	unsigned int nr_pages;
 
 	if (!iov_iter_count(iter))
 		return 0;
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter)
 	if (is_sync_kiocb(iocb) && nr_pages <= BIO_MAX_PAGES)
 		return __blkdev_direct_IO_simple(iocb, iter, nr_pages);
 
-	return __blkdev_direct_IO(iocb, iter, min(nr_pages, BIO_MAX_PAGES));
+	return __blkdev_direct_IO(iocb, iter, bio_max_segs(nr_pages));
 }
 
 static __init int blkdev_init(void)
diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 0957e1bb8eb2..b61491bf3166 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ static inline int dio_new_bio(struct dio *dio, struct dio_submit *sdio,
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 	sector = start_sector << (sdio->blkbits - 9);
-	nr_pages = min(sdio->pages_in_io, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
+	nr_pages = bio_max_segs(sdio->pages_in_io);
 	BUG_ON(nr_pages <= 0);
 	dio_bio_alloc(dio, sdio, map_bh->b_bdev, sector, nr_pages);
 	sdio->boundary = 0;
diff --git a/fs/erofs/data.c b/fs/erofs/data.c
index ea4f693bee22..f88851c5c250 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/data.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/data.c
@@ -215,10 +215,8 @@ static inline struct bio *erofs_read_raw_page(struct bio *bio,
 		/* max # of continuous pages */
 		if (nblocks > DIV_ROUND_UP(map.m_plen, PAGE_SIZE))
 			nblocks = DIV_ROUND_UP(map.m_plen, PAGE_SIZE);
-		if (nblocks > BIO_MAX_PAGES)
-			nblocks = BIO_MAX_PAGES;
 
-		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, nblocks);
+		bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, bio_max_segs(nblocks));
 
 		bio->bi_end_io = erofs_readendio;
 		bio_set_dev(bio, sb->s_bdev);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/readpage.c b/fs/ext4/readpage.c
index f014c5e473a9..3db923403505 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/readpage.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/readpage.c
@@ -371,8 +371,7 @@ int ext4_mpage_readpages(struct inode *inode,
 			 * bio_alloc will _always_ be able to allocate a bio if
 			 * __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM is set, see bio_alloc_bioset().
 			 */
-			bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL,
-				min_t(int, nr_pages, BIO_MAX_PAGES));
+			bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, bio_max_segs(nr_pages));
 			fscrypt_set_bio_crypt_ctx(bio, inode, next_block,
 						  GFP_KERNEL);
 			ext4_set_bio_post_read_ctx(bio, inode, page->index);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index 862df2477a5d..79008dcf7125 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -969,8 +969,7 @@ static struct bio *f2fs_grab_read_bio(struct inode *inode, block_t blkaddr,
 	unsigned int post_read_steps = 0;
 
 	bio = bio_alloc_bioset(for_write ? GFP_NOIO : GFP_KERNEL,
-			       min_t(int, nr_pages, BIO_MAX_PAGES),
-			       &f2fs_bioset);
+			       bio_max_segs(nr_pages), &f2fs_bioset);
 	if (!bio)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index a8a0fb890e8d..4b0e2e3c2c88 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -2747,7 +2747,7 @@ int f2fs_restore_node_summary(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
 	sum_entry = &sum->entries[0];
 
 	for (i = 0; i < last_offset; i += nrpages, addr += nrpages) {
-		nrpages = min(last_offset - i, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
+		nrpages = bio_max_segs(last_offset - i);
 
 		/* readahead node pages */
 		f2fs_ra_meta_pages(sbi, addr, nrpages, META_POR, true);
diff --git a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
index 16a1e82e3aeb..0d9d1a6a947e 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/buffered-io.c
@@ -278,14 +278,14 @@ iomap_readpage_actor(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t length, void *data,
 	if (!is_contig || bio_full(ctx->bio, plen)) {
 		gfp_t gfp = mapping_gfp_constraint(page->mapping, GFP_KERNEL);
 		gfp_t orig_gfp = gfp;
-		int nr_vecs = (length + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+		unsigned int nr_vecs = DIV_ROUND_UP(length, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 		if (ctx->bio)
 			submit_bio(ctx->bio);
 
 		if (ctx->rac) /* same as readahead_gfp_mask */
 			gfp |= __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN;
-		ctx->bio = bio_alloc(gfp, min(BIO_MAX_PAGES, nr_vecs));
+		ctx->bio = bio_alloc(gfp, bio_max_segs(nr_vecs));
 		/*
 		 * If the bio_alloc fails, try it again for a single page to
 		 * avoid having to deal with partial page reads.  This emulates
diff --git a/fs/mpage.c b/fs/mpage.c
index 830e6cc2a9e7..961234d68779 100644
--- a/fs/mpage.c
+++ b/fs/mpage.c
@@ -304,9 +304,7 @@ static struct bio *do_mpage_readpage(struct mpage_readpage_args *args)
 				goto out;
 		}
 		args->bio = mpage_alloc(bdev, blocks[0] << (blkbits - 9),
-					min_t(int, args->nr_pages,
-					      BIO_MAX_PAGES),
-					gfp);
+					bio_max_segs(args->nr_pages), gfp);
 		if (args->bio == NULL)
 			goto confused;
 	}
diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
index 1a96ce28efb0..fe860c538747 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.c
@@ -115,13 +115,13 @@ bl_submit_bio(struct bio *bio)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static struct bio *
-bl_alloc_init_bio(int npg, struct block_device *bdev, sector_t disk_sector,
+static struct bio *bl_alloc_init_bio(unsigned int npg,
+		struct block_device *bdev, sector_t disk_sector,
 		bio_end_io_t end_io, struct parallel_io *par)
 {
 	struct bio *bio;
 
-	npg = min(npg, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
+	npg = bio_max_segs(npg);
 	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, npg);
 	if (bio) {
 		bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = disk_sector;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_bio_io.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_bio_io.c
index e2148f2d5d6b..17f36db2f792 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_bio_io.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_bio_io.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 static inline unsigned int bio_max_vecs(unsigned int count)
 {
-	return min_t(unsigned, howmany(count, PAGE_SIZE), BIO_MAX_PAGES);
+	return bio_max_segs(howmany(count, PAGE_SIZE));
 }
 
 int
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
index f6e5235df7c9..37a1d12762d8 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ xfs_buf_ioapply_map(
 	int		op)
 {
 	int		page_index;
-	int		total_nr_pages = bp->b_page_count;
+	unsigned int	total_nr_pages = bp->b_page_count;
 	int		nr_pages;
 	struct bio	*bio;
 	sector_t	sector =  bp->b_maps[map].bm_bn;
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ xfs_buf_ioapply_map(
 
 next_chunk:
 	atomic_inc(&bp->b_io_remaining);
-	nr_pages = min(total_nr_pages, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
+	nr_pages = bio_max_segs(total_nr_pages);
 
 	bio = bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, nr_pages);
 	bio_set_dev(bio, bp->b_target->bt_bdev);
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index c74857cf1252..354747bbb939 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@
 #define BIO_BUG_ON
 #endif
 
-#define BIO_MAX_PAGES		256
+#define BIO_MAX_PAGES		256U
+
+static inline unsigned int bio_max_segs(unsigned int nr_segs)
+{
+	return min(nr_segs, BIO_MAX_PAGES);
+}
 
 #define bio_prio(bio)			(bio)->bi_ioprio
 #define bio_set_prio(bio, prio)		((bio)->bi_ioprio = prio)
