diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
index 3f6f14f0cafb3..24b72ee4246fb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ int scsi_add_host_with_dma(struct Scsi_Host *shost, struct device *dev,
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	shost->cmd_per_lun = min_t(short, shost->cmd_per_lun,
+	/* Use min_t(int, ...) in case shost->can_queue exceeds SHRT_MAX */
+	shost->cmd_per_lun = min_t(int, shost->cmd_per_lun,
 				   shost->can_queue);
 
 	error = scsi_init_sense_cache(shost);