diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c
index 8c04c2d3cfd9..f42ab14105ac 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ module_param_named(max_lun, iscsi_max_lun, uint, S_IRUGO);
 
 int iser_debug_level = 0;
 bool iser_pi_enable = false;
-int iser_pi_guard = 0;
+int iser_pi_guard = 1;
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("iSER (iSCSI Extensions for RDMA) Datamover");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ module_param_named(pi_enable, iser_pi_enable, bool, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(pi_enable, "Enable T10-PI offload support (default:disabled)");
 
 module_param_named(pi_guard, iser_pi_guard, int, 0644);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(pi_guard, "T10-PI guard_type, 0:CRC|1:IP_CSUM (default:CRC)");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(pi_guard, "T10-PI guard_type, 0:CRC|1:IP_CSUM (default:IP_CSUM)");
 
 static struct workqueue_struct *release_wq;
 struct iser_global ig;