1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c b/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c
index f510a9c9a6fd..acda773b3720 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ static void cciss_scatter_gather(ctlr_info_t *h, CommandList_struct *c,
         /* track how many SG entries we are using */
         if (request_nsgs > h->maxSG)
                 h->maxSG = request_nsgs;
-        c->Header.SGTotal = (__u8) request_nsgs + chained;
+        c->Header.SGTotal = (u16) request_nsgs + chained;
         if (request_nsgs > h->max_cmd_sgentries)
                 c->Header.SGList = h->max_cmd_sgentries;
         else