diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
index 3686d1048e313af18b6b8b40358b2d6621baf383..b0c4e56304e23ac158d657c212c244f57c0e3e38 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/storvsc_drv.c
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ struct vstor_packet {
 #define STORVSC_MAX_LUNS_PER_TARGET			64
 #define STORVSC_MAX_TARGETS				1
 #define STORVSC_MAX_CHANNELS				1
+#define STORVSC_MAX_CMD_LEN				16
 
 struct hv_storvsc_request;
 
@@ -1440,6 +1441,8 @@ static int storvsc_probe(struct hv_device *device)
 	host->max_id = STORVSC_MAX_TARGETS;
 	/* max # of channels */
 	host->max_channel = STORVSC_MAX_CHANNELS - 1;
+	/* max cmd length */
+	host->max_cmd_len = STORVSC_MAX_CMD_LEN;
 
 	/* Register the HBA and start the scsi bus scan */
 	ret = scsi_add_host(host, &device->device);