diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index c1cd9b31159e..94abc07cb164 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ typedef unsigned long kimage_entry_t;
 #define IND_DONE         0x4
 #define IND_SOURCE       0x8
 
-#define KEXEC_SEGMENT_MAX 8
+#define KEXEC_SEGMENT_MAX 16
 struct kexec_segment {
 	void __user *buf;
 	size_t bufsz;