diff --git a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
index 6fd084583491..861cb9be40b0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/iscsi_tcp.c
@@ -2138,6 +2138,7 @@ static struct scsi_host_template iscsi_sht = {
 	.change_queue_depth	= iscsi_change_queue_depth,
 	.can_queue		= ISCSI_XMIT_CMDS_MAX - 1,
 	.sg_tablesize		= ISCSI_SG_TABLESIZE,
+	.max_sectors		= 0xFFFF,
 	.cmd_per_lun		= ISCSI_DEF_CMD_PER_LUN,
 	.eh_abort_handler       = iscsi_eh_abort,
 	.eh_host_reset_handler	= iscsi_eh_host_reset,