diff --git a/include/net/scm.h b/include/net/scm.h
index 5637d5e22d5ff76012daf46ba30e04546d24a5bd..423cb1d5ac2530dcd4a742f286b7d416be6b8f6e 100644
--- a/include/net/scm.h
+++ b/include/net/scm.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 /* Well, we should have at least one descriptor open
  * to accept passed FDs 8)
  */
-#define SCM_MAX_FD	(OPEN_MAX-1)
+#define SCM_MAX_FD	255
 
 struct scm_fp_list
 {