diff --git a/include/linux/libnvdimm.h b/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
index 833867b9ddc28a702834874072441403518133d5..af31d1c6fdd7e45c48e29b8a4386260e98dfd6eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
+++ b/include/linux/libnvdimm.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ enum {
 	/* need to set a limit somewhere, but yes, this is likely overkill */
 	ND_IOCTL_MAX_BUFLEN = SZ_4M,
 	ND_CMD_MAX_ELEM = 5,
-	ND_CMD_MAX_ENVELOPE = 16,
+	ND_CMD_MAX_ENVELOPE = 256,
 	ND_MAX_MAPPINGS = 32,
 
 	/* region flag indicating to direct-map persistent memory by default */