ubd_dev->fd = fd;
 
        if(ubd_dev->cow.file != NULL){
-               blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(ubd_dev->queue, 8 * sizeof(long));
-
                err = -ENOMEM;
                ubd_dev->cow.bitmap = vmalloc(ubd_dev->cow.bitmap_len);
                if(ubd_dev->cow.bitmap == NULL){
                if(err < 0) goto error;
                ubd_dev->cow.fd = err;
        }
-       if (ubd_dev->no_trim == 0) {
-               blk_queue_max_discard_sectors(ubd_dev->queue, UBD_MAX_REQUEST);
-               blk_queue_max_write_zeroes_sectors(ubd_dev->queue, UBD_MAX_REQUEST);
-       }
        return 0;
  error:
        os_close_file(ubd_dev->fd);
        if(ubd_dev->file == NULL)
                goto out;
 
+       if (ubd_dev->cow.file)
+               lim.max_hw_sectors = 8 * sizeof(long);
+       if (!ubd_dev->no_trim) {
+               lim.max_hw_discard_sectors = UBD_MAX_REQUEST;
+               lim.max_write_zeroes_sectors = UBD_MAX_REQUEST;
+       }
+
        err = ubd_file_size(ubd_dev, &ubd_dev->size);
        if(err < 0){
                *error_out = "Couldn't determine size of device's file";