diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index cb54ea6461fd..413bf3d2f784 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -1123,8 +1123,6 @@ static long __ext4_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		    sizeof(range)))
 			return -EFAULT;
 
-		range.minlen = max((unsigned int)range.minlen,
-				   q->limits.discard_granularity);
 		ret = ext4_trim_fs(sb, &range);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return ret;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index d7cb7d719ee5..60aef7fdd61d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -5815,6 +5815,7 @@ ext4_trim_all_free(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
  */
 int ext4_trim_fs(struct super_block *sb, struct fstrim_range *range)
 {
+	struct request_queue *q = bdev_get_queue(sb->s_bdev);
 	struct ext4_group_info *grp;
 	ext4_group_t group, first_group, last_group;
 	ext4_grpblk_t cnt = 0, first_cluster, last_cluster;
@@ -5833,6 +5834,13 @@ int ext4_trim_fs(struct super_block *sb, struct fstrim_range *range)
 	    start >= max_blks ||
 	    range->len < sb->s_blocksize)
 		return -EINVAL;
+	/* No point to try to trim less than discard granularity */
+	if (range->minlen < q->limits.discard_granularity) {
+		minlen = EXT4_NUM_B2C(EXT4_SB(sb),
+			q->limits.discard_granularity >> sb->s_blocksize_bits);
+		if (minlen > EXT4_CLUSTERS_PER_GROUP(sb))
+			goto out;
+	}
 	if (end >= max_blks)
 		end = max_blks - 1;
 	if (end <= first_data_blk)