diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_def.h b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_def.h
index 8f882690994d9944a947edfbdac794b2a4017680..74c0eac083e46a19d5026c385350268b6fa39047 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_def.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_def.h
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ zfcp_address_to_sg(void *address, struct scatterlist *list)
 	(ZFCP_MAX_SBALS_PER_REQ * ZFCP_MAX_SBALES_PER_SBAL - 2)
         /* request ID + QTCB in SBALE 0 + 1 of first SBAL in chain */
 
+#define ZFCP_MAX_SECTORS (ZFCP_MAX_SBALES_PER_REQ * 8)
+        /* max. number of (data buffer) SBALEs in largest SBAL chain
+           multiplied with number of sectors per 4k block */
+
 /* FIXME(tune): free space should be one max. SBAL chain plus what? */
 #define ZFCP_QDIO_PCI_INTERVAL		(QDIO_MAX_BUFFERS_PER_Q \
                                          - (ZFCP_MAX_SBALS_PER_REQ + 4))
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_scsi.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_scsi.c
index 4d2bc7981324b4fc5abe939fbcca0f26895e0c91..452d96f92a1482a5611a79e5712a2c53f04d31ad 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_scsi.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct zfcp_data zfcp_data = {
 		.cmd_per_lun		= 1,
 		.use_clustering		= 1,
 		.sdev_attrs		= zfcp_sysfs_sdev_attrs,
+		.max_sectors		= ZFCP_MAX_SECTORS,
 	},
 	.driver_version = ZFCP_VERSION,
 };