diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_isr.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_isr.c
index 2a1ab63f3eb0165de7a147be1eeef222c0b03e9a..1076fbf868c606abf75db97699e1f64c96f0d072 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_isr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_isr.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ qla4xxx_status_cont_entry(struct scsi_qla_host *ha,
 {
 	struct srb *srb = ha->status_srb;
 	struct scsi_cmnd *cmd;
-	uint8_t sense_len;
+	uint16_t sense_len;
 
 	if (srb == NULL)
 		return;