diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
index c0526878a337eec5c57e775776512eeba7923a5a..961b11ea8c0462e3fc17b7ec900aa868dcce11d4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ static MPT_CALLBACK	mpt_callbacks[MPT_MAX_CALLBACKS];
 
 #define FAULT_POLLING_INTERVAL 1000 /* in milliseconds */
 
+#define MAX_HBA_QUEUE_DEPTH	30000
+#define MAX_CHAIN_DEPTH		100000
 static int max_queue_depth = -1;
 module_param(max_queue_depth, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_queue_depth, " max controller queue depth ");
@@ -2390,8 +2392,6 @@ _base_release_memory_pools(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc)
 		}
 		if (ioc->chain_dma_pool)
 			pci_pool_destroy(ioc->chain_dma_pool);
-	}
-	if (ioc->chain_lookup) {
 		free_pages((ulong)ioc->chain_lookup, ioc->chain_pages);
 		ioc->chain_lookup = NULL;
 	}
@@ -2409,9 +2409,7 @@ static int
 _base_allocate_memory_pools(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc,  int sleep_flag)
 {
 	struct mpt2sas_facts *facts;
-	u32 queue_size, queue_diff;
 	u16 max_sge_elements;
-	u16 num_of_reply_frames;
 	u16 chains_needed_per_io;
 	u32 sz, total_sz, reply_post_free_sz;
 	u32 retry_sz;
@@ -2438,7 +2436,8 @@ _base_allocate_memory_pools(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc,  int sleep_flag)
 		max_request_credit = (max_queue_depth < facts->RequestCredit)
 		    ? max_queue_depth : facts->RequestCredit;
 	else
-		max_request_credit = facts->RequestCredit;
+		max_request_credit = min_t(u16, facts->RequestCredit,
+		    MAX_HBA_QUEUE_DEPTH);
 
 	ioc->hba_queue_depth = max_request_credit;
 	ioc->hi_priority_depth = facts->HighPriorityCredit;
@@ -2479,50 +2478,25 @@ _base_allocate_memory_pools(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc,  int sleep_flag)
 	}
 	ioc->chains_needed_per_io = chains_needed_per_io;
 
-	/* reply free queue sizing - taking into account for events */
-	num_of_reply_frames = ioc->hba_queue_depth + 32;
-
-	/* number of replies frames can't be a multiple of 16 */
-	/* decrease number of reply frames by 1 */
-	if (!(num_of_reply_frames % 16))
-		num_of_reply_frames--;
-
-	/* calculate number of reply free queue entries
-	 *  (must be multiple of 16)
-	 */
-
-	/* (we know reply_free_queue_depth is not a multiple of 16) */
-	queue_size = num_of_reply_frames;
-	queue_size += 16 - (queue_size % 16);
-	ioc->reply_free_queue_depth = queue_size;
-
-	/* reply descriptor post queue sizing */
-	/* this size should be the number of request frames + number of reply
-	 * frames
-	 */
-
-	queue_size = ioc->hba_queue_depth + num_of_reply_frames + 1;
-	/* round up to 16 byte boundary */
-	if (queue_size % 16)
-		queue_size += 16 - (queue_size % 16);
-
-	/* check against IOC maximum reply post queue depth */
-	if (queue_size > facts->MaxReplyDescriptorPostQueueDepth) {
-		queue_diff = queue_size -
-		    facts->MaxReplyDescriptorPostQueueDepth;
+	/* reply free queue sizing - taking into account for 64 FW events */
+	ioc->reply_free_queue_depth = ioc->hba_queue_depth + 64;
 
-		/* round queue_diff up to multiple of 16 */
-		if (queue_diff % 16)
-			queue_diff += 16 - (queue_diff % 16);
-
-		/* adjust hba_queue_depth, reply_free_queue_depth,
-		 * and queue_size
-		 */
-		ioc->hba_queue_depth -= (queue_diff / 2);
-		ioc->reply_free_queue_depth -= (queue_diff / 2);
-		queue_size = facts->MaxReplyDescriptorPostQueueDepth;
+	/* align the reply post queue on the next 16 count boundary */
+	if (!ioc->reply_free_queue_depth % 16)
+		ioc->reply_post_queue_depth = ioc->reply_free_queue_depth + 16;
+	else
+		ioc->reply_post_queue_depth = ioc->reply_free_queue_depth +
+				32 - (ioc->reply_free_queue_depth % 16);
+	if (ioc->reply_post_queue_depth >
+	    facts->MaxReplyDescriptorPostQueueDepth) {
+		ioc->reply_post_queue_depth = min_t(u16,
+		    (facts->MaxReplyDescriptorPostQueueDepth -
+		    (facts->MaxReplyDescriptorPostQueueDepth % 16)),
+		    (ioc->hba_queue_depth - (ioc->hba_queue_depth % 16)));
+		ioc->reply_free_queue_depth = ioc->reply_post_queue_depth - 16;
+		ioc->hba_queue_depth = ioc->reply_free_queue_depth - 64;
 	}
-	ioc->reply_post_queue_depth = queue_size;
+
 
 	dinitprintk(ioc, printk(MPT2SAS_INFO_FMT "scatter gather: "
 	    "sge_in_main_msg(%d), sge_per_chain(%d), sge_per_io(%d), "
@@ -2608,15 +2582,12 @@ _base_allocate_memory_pools(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc,  int sleep_flag)
 	    "depth(%d)\n", ioc->name, ioc->request,
 	    ioc->scsiio_depth));
 
-	/* loop till the allocation succeeds */
-	do {
-		sz = ioc->chain_depth * sizeof(struct chain_tracker);
-		ioc->chain_pages = get_order(sz);
-		ioc->chain_lookup = (struct chain_tracker *)__get_free_pages(
-		    GFP_KERNEL, ioc->chain_pages);
-		if (ioc->chain_lookup == NULL)
-			ioc->chain_depth -= 100;
-	} while (ioc->chain_lookup == NULL);
+	ioc->chain_depth = min_t(u32, ioc->chain_depth, MAX_CHAIN_DEPTH);
+	sz = ioc->chain_depth * sizeof(struct chain_tracker);
+	ioc->chain_pages = get_order(sz);
+
+	ioc->chain_lookup = (struct chain_tracker *)__get_free_pages(
+	    GFP_KERNEL, ioc->chain_pages);
 	ioc->chain_dma_pool = pci_pool_create("chain pool", ioc->pdev,
 	    ioc->request_sz, 16, 0);
 	if (!ioc->chain_dma_pool) {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
index fd1ba744b42330a4dcc373073c19a76b1ecd614f..8cd4ebb9349ff0a5674b73105984c633fc80eeb1 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c
@@ -1011,8 +1011,8 @@ _scsih_get_chain_buffer_tracker(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 smid)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->scsi_lookup_lock, flags);
 	if (list_empty(&ioc->free_chain_list)) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioc->scsi_lookup_lock, flags);
-		printk(MPT2SAS_WARN_FMT "chain buffers not available\n",
-		    ioc->name);
+		dfailprintk(ioc, printk(MPT2SAS_WARN_FMT "chain buffers not "
+			"available\n", ioc->name));
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	chain_req = list_entry(ioc->free_chain_list.next,