diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c
index 6b5ad275ed56..208658a901c6 100644
--- a/block/blk-merge.c
+++ b/block/blk-merge.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ static inline bool bio_will_gap(struct request_queue *q,
 		bio_get_first_bvec(prev_rq->bio, &pb);
 	else
 		bio_get_first_bvec(prev, &pb);
-	if (pb.bv_offset)
+	if (pb.bv_offset & queue_virt_boundary(q))
 		return true;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index a1841b8ff129..c85e53f21cdd 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static inline bool biovec_phys_mergeable(struct request_queue *q,
 static inline bool __bvec_gap_to_prev(struct request_queue *q,
 		struct bio_vec *bprv, unsigned int offset)
 {
-	return offset ||
+	return (offset & queue_virt_boundary(q)) ||
 		((bprv->bv_offset + bprv->bv_len) & queue_virt_boundary(q));
 }