diff --git a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
index a9caf1bc3c3e..88ce114790d7 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/scsi.c
@@ -2290,6 +2290,7 @@ static struct configfs_attribute *vhost_scsi_wwn_attrs[] = {
 static const struct target_core_fabric_ops vhost_scsi_ops = {
 	.module				= THIS_MODULE,
 	.fabric_name			= "vhost",
+	.max_data_sg_nents		= VHOST_SCSI_PREALLOC_SGLS,
 	.tpg_get_wwn			= vhost_scsi_get_fabric_wwn,
 	.tpg_get_tag			= vhost_scsi_get_tpgt,
 	.tpg_check_demo_mode		= vhost_scsi_check_true,