diff --git a/drivers/block/sunvdc.c b/drivers/block/sunvdc.c
index 66ddf704ad7f..1616ad091a5e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/sunvdc.c
+++ b/drivers/block/sunvdc.c
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ struct vdc_port {
 
 	char			disk_name[32];
 
-	struct vio_disk_geom	geom;
 	struct vio_disk_vtoc	label;
 };
 
@@ -103,11 +102,15 @@ static inline u32 vdc_tx_dring_avail(struct vio_dring_state *dr)
 static int vdc_getgeo(struct block_device *bdev, struct hd_geometry *geo)
 {
 	struct gendisk *disk = bdev->bd_disk;
-	struct vdc_port *port = disk->private_data;
+	sector_t nsect = get_capacity(disk);
+	sector_t cylinders = nsect;
 
-	geo->heads = (u8) port->geom.num_hd;
-	geo->sectors = (u8) port->geom.num_sec;
-	geo->cylinders = port->geom.num_cyl;
+	geo->heads = 0xff;
+	geo->sectors = 0x3f;
+	sector_div(cylinders, geo->heads * geo->sectors);
+	geo->cylinders = cylinders;
+	if ((sector_t)(geo->cylinders + 1) * geo->heads * geo->sectors < nsect)
+		geo->cylinders = 0xffff;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -714,16 +717,18 @@ static int probe_disk(struct vdc_port *port)
 		if (port->vdisk_size == -1)
 			return -ENODEV;
 	} else {
+		struct vio_disk_geom geom;
+
 		err = generic_request(port, VD_OP_GET_DISKGEOM,
-				      &port->geom, sizeof(port->geom));
+				      &geom, sizeof(geom));
 		if (err < 0) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR PFX "VD_OP_GET_DISKGEOM returns "
 			       "error %d\n", err);
 			return err;
 		}
-		port->vdisk_size = ((u64)port->geom.num_cyl *
-				    (u64)port->geom.num_hd *
-				    (u64)port->geom.num_sec);
+		port->vdisk_size = ((u64)geom.num_cyl *
+				    (u64)geom.num_hd *
+				    (u64)geom.num_sec);
 	}
 
 	q = blk_init_queue(do_vdc_request, &port->vio.lock);