diff --git a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
index 8220bde6c04c..75a85aa9e882 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
@@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@ hwi_write_sgl(struct iscsi_wrb *pwrb, struct scatterlist *sg,
 	      unsigned int num_sg, struct beiscsi_io_task *io_task)
 {
 	struct iscsi_sge *psgl;
-	unsigned short sg_len, index;
+	unsigned int sg_len, index;
 	unsigned int sge_len = 0;
 	unsigned long long addr;
 	struct scatterlist *l_sg;