diff --git a/include/hw/block/block.h b/include/hw/block/block.h
index d7246f3862..9dd6bba56a 100644
--- a/include/hw/block/block.h
+++ b/include/hw/block/block.h
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 
 typedef struct BlockConf {
     BlockBackend *blk;
-    uint16_t physical_block_size;
-    uint16_t logical_block_size;
-    uint16_t min_io_size;
+    uint32_t physical_block_size;
+    uint32_t logical_block_size;
+    uint32_t min_io_size;
     uint32_t opt_io_size;
     int32_t bootindex;
     uint32_t discard_granularity;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static inline unsigned int get_physical_block_exp(BlockConf *conf)
                           _conf.logical_block_size),                    \
     DEFINE_PROP_BLOCKSIZE("physical_block_size", _state,                \
                           _conf.physical_block_size),                   \
-    DEFINE_PROP_UINT16("min_io_size", _state, _conf.min_io_size, 0),    \
+    DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("min_io_size", _state, _conf.min_io_size, 0),    \
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("opt_io_size", _state, _conf.opt_io_size, 0),    \
     DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("discard_granularity", _state,                   \
                        _conf.discard_granularity, -1),                  \
diff --git a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
index f161604fb6..f9e0f8c041 100644
--- a/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
+++ b/include/hw/qdev-properties.h
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ extern const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_pcie_link_width;
 #define DEFINE_PROP_BIOS_CHS_TRANS(_n, _s, _f, _d) \
     DEFINE_PROP_SIGNED(_n, _s, _f, _d, qdev_prop_bios_chs_trans, int)
 #define DEFINE_PROP_BLOCKSIZE(_n, _s, _f) \
-    DEFINE_PROP_UNSIGNED(_n, _s, _f, 0, qdev_prop_blocksize, uint16_t)
+    DEFINE_PROP_UNSIGNED(_n, _s, _f, 0, qdev_prop_blocksize, uint32_t)
 #define DEFINE_PROP_PCI_HOST_DEVADDR(_n, _s, _f) \
     DEFINE_PROP(_n, _s, _f, qdev_prop_pci_host_devaddr, PCIHostDeviceAddress)
 #define DEFINE_PROP_OFF_AUTO_PCIBAR(_n, _s, _f, _d) \
diff --git a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
index 2047114fca..a571be7607 100644
--- a/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
+++ b/hw/core/qdev-properties.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "qapi/visitor.h"
 #include "chardev/char.h"
 #include "qemu/uuid.h"
+#include "qemu/units.h"
 
 void qdev_prop_set_after_realize(DeviceState *dev, const char *name,
                                   Error **errp)
@@ -729,30 +730,39 @@ const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_pci_devfn = {
 
 /* --- blocksize --- */
 
+/* lower limit is sector size */
+#define MIN_BLOCK_SIZE          512
+#define MIN_BLOCK_SIZE_STR      "512 B"
+/* upper limit is arbitrary, 2 MiB looks sufficient */
+#define MAX_BLOCK_SIZE          (2 * MiB)
+#define MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_STR      "2 MiB"
+
 static void set_blocksize(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
                           void *opaque, Error **errp)
 {
     DeviceState *dev = DEVICE(obj);
     Property *prop = opaque;
-    uint16_t value, *ptr = qdev_get_prop_ptr(dev, prop);
+    uint32_t *ptr = qdev_get_prop_ptr(dev, prop);
+    uint64_t value;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
-    const int64_t min = 512;
-    const int64_t max = 32768;
 
     if (dev->realized) {
         qdev_prop_set_after_realize(dev, name, errp);
         return;
     }
 
-    visit_type_uint16(v, name, &value, &local_err);
+    visit_type_size(v, name, &value, &local_err);
     if (local_err) {
         error_propagate(errp, local_err);
         return;
     }
     /* value of 0 means "unset" */
-    if (value && (value < min || value > max)) {
-        error_setg(errp, QERR_PROPERTY_VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE,
-                   dev->id ? : "", name, (int64_t)value, min, max);
+    if (value && (value < MIN_BLOCK_SIZE || value > MAX_BLOCK_SIZE)) {
+        error_setg(errp,
+                   "Property %s.%s doesn't take value %" PRIu64
+                   " (minimum: " MIN_BLOCK_SIZE_STR
+                   ", maximum: " MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_STR ")",
+                   dev->id ? : "", name, value);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -768,9 +778,10 @@ static void set_blocksize(Object *obj, Visitor *v, const char *name,
 }
 
 const PropertyInfo qdev_prop_blocksize = {
-    .name  = "uint16",
-    .description = "A power of two between 512 and 32768",
-    .get   = get_uint16,
+    .name  = "size",
+    .description = "A power of two between " MIN_BLOCK_SIZE_STR
+                   " and " MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_STR,
+    .get   = get_uint32,
     .set   = set_blocksize,
     .set_default_value = set_default_value_uint,
 };
