stat = ide_cd_queue_pc(drive, cmd, 0, &capbuf, &len, sense, 0,
                               REQ_QUIET);
-       if (stat == 0) {
-               *capacity = 1 + be32_to_cpu(capbuf.lba);
-               *sectors_per_frame =
-                       be32_to_cpu(capbuf.blocklen) >> SECTOR_BITS;
+       if (stat)
+               return stat;
+
+       /*
+        * Sanity check the given block size
+        */
+       switch (capbuf.blocklen) {
+       case __constant_cpu_to_be32(512):
+       case __constant_cpu_to_be32(1024):
+       case __constant_cpu_to_be32(2048):
+       case __constant_cpu_to_be32(4096):
+               break;
+       default:
+               printk(KERN_ERR "%s: weird block size %u\n",
+                       drive->name, capbuf.blocklen);
+               printk(KERN_ERR "%s: default to 2kb block size\n",
+                       drive->name);
+               capbuf.blocklen = __constant_cpu_to_be32(2048);
+               break;
        }
 
-       return stat;
+       *capacity = 1 + be32_to_cpu(capbuf.lba);
+       *sectors_per_frame = be32_to_cpu(capbuf.blocklen) >> SECTOR_BITS;
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static int cdrom_read_tocentry(ide_drive_t *drive, int trackno, int msf_flag,