diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ismt.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ismt.c
index d9ee43c80cde8c6fd4163a0ffde8d8b2116172b0..3f6ecbfb9a56bf641e27d42b8e108116a9f99c5b 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ismt.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-ismt.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_S1200_SMT1	0x0c5a
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_AVOTON_SMT	0x1f15
 
-#define ISMT_DESC_ENTRIES	32	/* number of descriptor entries */
+#define ISMT_DESC_ENTRIES	2	/* number of descriptor entries */
 #define ISMT_MAX_RETRIES	3	/* number of SMBus retries to attempt */
 
 /* Hardware Descriptor Constants - Control Field */