diff --git a/block/nvme.c b/block/nvme.c
index cd875555ca..bb75448a09 100644
--- a/block/nvme.c
+++ b/block/nvme.c
@@ -758,6 +758,7 @@ static int nvme_init(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *device, int namespace,
     s->page_size = MAX(4096, 1 << NVME_CAP_MPSMIN(cap));
     s->doorbell_scale = (4 << NVME_CAP_DSTRD(cap)) / sizeof(uint32_t);
     bs->bl.opt_mem_alignment = s->page_size;
+    bs->bl.request_alignment = s->page_size;
     timeout_ms = MIN(500 * NVME_CAP_TO(cap), 30000);
 
     /* Reset device to get a clean state. */