diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index 0a36912abcd24beea5622ffe458a77bbbf930b90..dd076da86a465d668d6b251512492176a65e81be 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module_param(ql2xlogintimeout, int, S_IRUGO|S_IRUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ql2xlogintimeout,
 		"Login timeout value in seconds.");
 
-int qlport_down_retry = 30;
+int qlport_down_retry;
 module_param(qlport_down_retry, int, S_IRUGO|S_IRUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(qlport_down_retry,
 		"Maximum number of command retries to a port that returns "