diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_io.h b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_io.h
index f0b896988cd50445264257e4dfe56e863fb0bcbe..3455c34ada48b4c0580c24c4f9d90567bc7c3df1 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_io.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_io.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include <scsi/fc/fc_fcp.h>
 
 #define FNIC_DFLT_SG_DESC_CNT  32
-#define FNIC_MAX_SG_DESC_CNT        1024    /* Maximum descriptors per sgl */
+#define FNIC_MAX_SG_DESC_CNT        256     /* Maximum descriptors per sgl */
 #define FNIC_SG_DESC_ALIGN          16      /* Descriptor address alignment */
 
 struct host_sg_desc {