diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
index e3643df3ae635496b13ed27809d9770cd7d50f72..b048841a5360516e2177d63e79a39331dbbdc22c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@
 #define REQUEST_ENTRY_CNT_2100		128	/* Number of request entries. */
 #define REQUEST_ENTRY_CNT_2200		2048	/* Number of request entries. */
 #define REQUEST_ENTRY_CNT_24XX		2048	/* Number of request entries. */
+#define REQUEST_ENTRY_CNT_83XX		8192	/* Number of request entries. */
 #define RESPONSE_ENTRY_CNT_2100		64	/* Number of response entries.*/
 #define RESPONSE_ENTRY_CNT_2300		512	/* Number of response entries.*/
 #define RESPONSE_ENTRY_CNT_MQ		128	/* Number of response entries.*/
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index 08e5bbb12f0b85be73d7eb6b80a51304043e3335..34e56e2faa0ec3c75183e3291dd7b096143e62fd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -2541,7 +2541,7 @@ qla2x00_probe_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 		ha->portnum = PCI_FUNC(ha->pdev->devfn);
 		ha->max_fibre_devices = MAX_FIBRE_DEVICES_2400;
 		ha->mbx_count = MAILBOX_REGISTER_COUNT;
-		req_length = REQUEST_ENTRY_CNT_24XX;
+		req_length = REQUEST_ENTRY_CNT_83XX;
 		rsp_length = RESPONSE_ENTRY_CNT_2300;
 		ha->tgt.atio_q_length = ATIO_ENTRY_CNT_24XX;
 		ha->max_loop_id = SNS_LAST_LOOP_ID_2300;