diff --git a/sim_disk.c b/sim_disk.c
index b08f89d0..45dd24a7 100644
--- a/sim_disk.c
+++ b/sim_disk.c
@@ -6515,7 +6515,7 @@ if (1) { /* CHS Calculation */
             cylinderTimesHeads = totalSectors / sectorsPerTrack;
             }
         }
-    cylinders = cylinderTimesHeads / heads;
+    cylinders = (totalSectors + sectorsPerTrack * heads - 1) / (sectorsPerTrack * heads);
     Footer.DiskGeometry = NtoHl ((cylinders<<16)|(heads<<8)|sectorsPerTrack);
     }
 Footer.Checksum = NtoHl (CalculateVhdFooterChecksum(&Footer, sizeof(Footer)));