diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
index 4ff29d7..31d96b9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aacraid/linit.c
@@ -772,6 +772,7 @@
 	shost->irq = pdev->irq;
 	shost->base = pci_resource_start(pdev, 0);
 	shost->unique_id = unique_id;
+	shost->max_cmd_len = 16;
 
 	aac = (struct aac_dev *)shost->hostdata;
 	aac->scsi_host_ptr = shost;