diff --git a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
index 8804753805ac554f3b0590b19d43f2509a7aea2c..7bb2d8de9f308e367bcda4a5484f67483f8fc8e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
+++ b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
@@ -116,7 +116,13 @@ extern void blk_fill_rwbs(char *rwbs, unsigned int op, int bytes);
 
 static inline sector_t blk_rq_trace_sector(struct request *rq)
 {
-	return blk_rq_is_passthrough(rq) ? 0 : blk_rq_pos(rq);
+	/*
+	 * Tracing should ignore starting sector for passthrough requests and
+	 * requests where starting sector didn't get set.
+	 */
+	if (blk_rq_is_passthrough(rq) || blk_rq_pos(rq) == (sector_t)-1)
+		return 0;
+	return blk_rq_pos(rq);
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int blk_rq_trace_nr_sectors(struct request *rq)