diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8300a192f5db..a183b8751555 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 826d801009fb3c82832f2d92149446cce354bf61
+refs/heads/master: 1e89a1946cfd906d12eff437d2a76b3aa7f5e731
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c b/trunk/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
index fd4a49fc4773..125765aa9d59 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static int srp_max_iu_len;
 
 module_param(srp_sg_tablesize, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(srp_sg_tablesize,
-		 "Max number of gather/scatter entries per I/O (default is 12)");
+		 "Max number of gather/scatter entries per I/O (default is 12, max 255)");
 
 static int topspin_workarounds = 1;
 
@@ -2138,6 +2138,11 @@ static int __init srp_init_module(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	if (srp_sg_tablesize > 255) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING PFX "Clamping srp_sg_tablesize to 255\n");
+		srp_sg_tablesize = 255;
+	}
+
 	ib_srp_transport_template =
 		srp_attach_transport(&ib_srp_transport_functions);
 	if (!ib_srp_transport_template)