diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c
index 262ab837a7040d5586e4212b59e569aa55a2df0c..9f77d23239a264d85a2331ea50737cbfdc88ee36 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ static struct {
 	{"PIONEER", "CD-ROM DRM-624X", NULL, BLIST_FORCELUN | BLIST_SINGLELUN},
 	{"Promise", "VTrak E610f", NULL, BLIST_SPARSELUN | BLIST_NO_RSOC},
 	{"Promise", "", NULL, BLIST_SPARSELUN},
+	{"QNAP", "iSCSI Storage", NULL, BLIST_MAX_1024},
 	{"QUANTUM", "XP34301", "1071", BLIST_NOTQ},
 	{"REGAL", "CDC-4X", NULL, BLIST_MAX5LUN | BLIST_SINGLELUN},
 	{"SanDisk", "ImageMate CF-SD1", NULL, BLIST_FORCELUN},
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
index 60aae01caa89d96cd8c78681a8f0a97b44cae8ec..6efab1c455e158a71a2792c07d9b6d3fadc7595c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
@@ -897,6 +897,12 @@ static int scsi_add_lun(struct scsi_device *sdev, unsigned char *inq_result,
 	 */
 	if (*bflags & BLIST_MAX_512)
 		blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(sdev->request_queue, 512);
+	/*
+	 * Max 1024 sector transfer length for targets that report incorrect
+	 * max/optimal lengths and relied on the old block layer safe default
+	 */
+	else if (*bflags & BLIST_MAX_1024)
+		blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(sdev->request_queue, 1024);
 
 	/*
 	 * Some devices may not want to have a start command automatically
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_devinfo.h b/include/scsi/scsi_devinfo.h
index 183eaab7c3803dcd081b5a9c30a3b9963767ffe5..96e3f56519e7d9831e4b4c4ce19f78afd436242f 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_devinfo.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_devinfo.h
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@
 					     for sequential scan */
 #define BLIST_TRY_VPD_PAGES	0x10000000 /* Attempt to read VPD pages */
 #define BLIST_NO_RSOC		0x20000000 /* don't try to issue RSOC */
+#define BLIST_MAX_1024		0x40000000 /* maximum 1024 sector cdb length */
 
 #endif