diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
index 4c96df060c3bad9af44ab4c4664d8cba38c63030..416ba67ba9ee37b1fa0b7cad9ca0bc431e973017 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libata-scsi.c
@@ -347,7 +347,10 @@ int ata_scsi_slave_config(struct scsi_device *sdev)
 		 */
 		if ((dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_LBA48) &&
 		    ((dev->flags & ATA_DFLAG_LOCK_SECTORS) == 0)) {
-			sdev->host->max_sectors = 2048;
+			/*
+			 * do not overwrite sdev->host->max_sectors, since
+			 * other drives on this host may not support LBA48
+			 */
 			blk_queue_max_sectors(sdev->request_queue, 2048);
 		}
 	}