diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c
index f8e60486167da6c110111ac919543cde54e19820..d8d6687e20ad77c172a8dc0d8e4ca1e8f08c5263 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c
@@ -773,6 +773,7 @@ struct scsi_host_template aic79xx_driver_template = {
 #endif
 	.can_queue		= AHD_MAX_QUEUE,
 	.this_id		= -1,
+	.max_sectors		= 8192,
 	.cmd_per_lun		= 2,
 	.use_clustering		= ENABLE_CLUSTERING,
 	.slave_alloc		= ahd_linux_slave_alloc,
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
index 43ab753d2739a3d28353f4387ca6916213fcaeb6..ad8578e95937f23ab477750211652d3cfa8235d5 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ struct scsi_host_template aic7xxx_driver_template = {
 #endif
 	.can_queue		= AHC_MAX_QUEUE,
 	.this_id		= -1,
+	.max_sectors		= 8192,
 	.cmd_per_lun		= 2,
 	.use_clustering		= ENABLE_CLUSTERING,
 	.slave_alloc		= ahc_linux_slave_alloc,