diff --git a/config/kernel-blkdev.m4 b/config/kernel-blkdev.m4
index b6ce1e1cf0..4f60f96acb 100644
--- a/config/kernel-blkdev.m4
+++ b/config/kernel-blkdev.m4
@@ -534,6 +534,30 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLKDEV_BDEV_WHOLE], [
 	])
 ])
 
+dnl #
+dnl # 5.16 API change
+dnl # Added bdev_nr_bytes() helper.
+dnl #
+AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_BLKDEV_BDEV_NR_BYTES], [
+	ZFS_LINUX_TEST_SRC([bdev_nr_bytes], [
+		#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+	],[
+		struct block_device *bdev = NULL;
+		loff_t nr_bytes __attribute__ ((unused)) = 0;
+		nr_bytes = bdev_nr_bytes(bdev);
+	])
+])
+
+AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLKDEV_BDEV_NR_BYTES], [
+	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether bdev_nr_bytes() is available])
+	ZFS_LINUX_TEST_RESULT([bdev_nr_bytes], [
+		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BDEV_NR_BYTES, 1, [bdev_nr_bytes() is available])
+	],[
+		AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+	])
+])
+
 dnl #
 dnl # 5.20 API change,
 dnl # Removed bdevname(), snprintf(.., %pg) should be used.
@@ -747,6 +771,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_BLKDEV], [
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_BLKDEV_CHECK_DISK_CHANGE
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_BLKDEV_BDEV_CHECK_MEDIA_CHANGE
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_BLKDEV_BDEV_WHOLE
+	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_BLKDEV_BDEV_NR_BYTES
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_BLKDEV_BDEVNAME
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_BLKDEV_ISSUE_DISCARD
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_BLKDEV_BDEV_KOBJ
@@ -767,6 +792,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLKDEV], [
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLKDEV_CHECK_DISK_CHANGE
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLKDEV_BDEV_CHECK_MEDIA_CHANGE
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLKDEV_BDEV_WHOLE
+	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLKDEV_BDEV_NR_BYTES
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLKDEV_BDEVNAME
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLKDEV_GET_ERESTARTSYS
 	ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BLKDEV_ISSUE_DISCARD
diff --git a/module/os/linux/zfs/vdev_disk.c b/module/os/linux/zfs/vdev_disk.c
index 943e534ef5..67704093d7 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/vdev_disk.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/vdev_disk.c
@@ -150,7 +150,11 @@ vdev_bdev_mode(spa_mode_t smode)
 static uint64_t
 bdev_capacity(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
+#ifdef HAVE_BDEV_NR_BYTES
+	return (bdev_nr_bytes(bdev));
+#else
 	return (i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode));
+#endif
 }
 
 #if !defined(HAVE_BDEV_WHOLE)
@@ -209,7 +213,7 @@ bdev_max_capacity(struct block_device *bdev, uint64_t wholedisk)
 		 * "reserved" EFI partition: in such cases return the device
 		 * usable capacity.
 		 */
-		available = i_size_read(bdev_whole(bdev)->bd_inode) -
+		available = bdev_capacity(bdev_whole(bdev)) -
 		    ((EFI_MIN_RESV_SIZE + NEW_START_BLOCK +
 		    PARTITION_END_ALIGNMENT) << SECTOR_BITS);
 		psize = MAX(available, bdev_capacity(bdev));
@@ -916,12 +920,12 @@ vdev_disk_io_rw(zio_t *zio)
 	/*
 	 * Accessing outside the block device is never allowed.
 	 */
-	if (zio->io_offset + zio->io_size > bdev->bd_inode->i_size) {
+	if (zio->io_offset + zio->io_size > bdev_capacity(bdev)) {
 		vdev_dbgmsg(zio->io_vd,
 		    "Illegal access %llu size %llu, device size %llu",
 		    (u_longlong_t)zio->io_offset,
 		    (u_longlong_t)zio->io_size,
-		    (u_longlong_t)i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode));
+		    (u_longlong_t)bdev_capacity(bdev));
 		return (SET_ERROR(EIO));
 	}
 
@@ -1116,12 +1120,12 @@ vdev_classic_physio(zio_t *zio)
 	/*
 	 * Accessing outside the block device is never allowed.
 	 */
-	if (io_offset + io_size > bdev->bd_inode->i_size) {
+	if (io_offset + io_size > bdev_capacity(bdev)) {
 		vdev_dbgmsg(zio->io_vd,
 		    "Illegal access %llu size %llu, device size %llu",
 		    (u_longlong_t)io_offset,
 		    (u_longlong_t)io_size,
-		    (u_longlong_t)i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode));
+		    (u_longlong_t)bdev_capacity(bdev));
 		return (SET_ERROR(EIO));
 	}