diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i.h b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i.h
index cfd59023227b..6bdd25a93db9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i.h
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@
 #define BD_SPLIT_SIZE			32768
 
 /* min, max & default values for SQ/RQ/CQ size, configurable via' modparam */
-#define BNX2I_SQ_WQES_MIN 		16
-#define BNX2I_570X_SQ_WQES_MAX 		128
-#define BNX2I_5770X_SQ_WQES_MAX 	512
-#define BNX2I_570X_SQ_WQES_DEFAULT 	128
-#define BNX2I_5770X_SQ_WQES_DEFAULT 	256
+#define BNX2I_SQ_WQES_MIN		16
+#define BNX2I_570X_SQ_WQES_MAX		128
+#define BNX2I_5770X_SQ_WQES_MAX		512
+#define BNX2I_570X_SQ_WQES_DEFAULT	128
+#define BNX2I_5770X_SQ_WQES_DEFAULT	128
 
 #define BNX2I_570X_CQ_WQES_MAX 		128
 #define BNX2I_5770X_CQ_WQES_MAX 	512
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
 #define BNX2X_MAX_CQS			8
 
 #define CNIC_ARM_CQE			1
+#define CNIC_ARM_CQE_FP			2
 #define CNIC_DISARM_CQE			0
 
 #define REG_RD(__hba, offset)				\
@@ -666,7 +667,9 @@ enum {
  *                      after HBA reset is completed by bnx2i/cnic/bnx2
  *                      modules
  * @state:              tracks offload connection state machine
- * @teardown_mode:      indicates if conn teardown is abortive or orderly
+ * @timestamp:          tracks the start time when the ep begins to connect
+ * @num_active_cmds:    tracks the number of outstanding commands for this ep
+ * @ec_shift:           the amount of shift as part of the event coal calc
  * @qp:                 QP information
  * @ids:                contains chip allocated *context id* & driver assigned
  *                      *iscsi cid*
@@ -685,6 +688,7 @@ struct bnx2i_endpoint {
 	u32 state;
 	unsigned long timestamp;
 	int num_active_cmds;
+	u32 ec_shift;
 
 	struct qp_info qp;
 	struct ep_handles ids;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_hwi.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_hwi.c
index a8a2b6b65a3c..5c54a2d9b834 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_hwi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_hwi.c
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ void bnx2i_arm_cq_event_coalescing(struct bnx2i_endpoint *ep, u8 action)
 	u16 next_index;
 	u32 num_active_cmds;
 
-
 	/* Coalesce CQ entries only on 10G devices */
 	if (!test_bit(BNX2I_NX2_DEV_57710, &ep->hba->cnic_dev_type))
 		return;
@@ -148,16 +147,19 @@ void bnx2i_arm_cq_event_coalescing(struct bnx2i_endpoint *ep, u8 action)
 	 * interrupts and other unwanted results
 	 */
 	cq_db = (struct bnx2i_5771x_cq_db *) ep->qp.cq_pgtbl_virt;
-	if (cq_db->sqn[0] && cq_db->sqn[0] != 0xFFFF)
-		return;
 
-	if (action == CNIC_ARM_CQE) {
+	if (action != CNIC_ARM_CQE_FP)
+		if (cq_db->sqn[0] && cq_db->sqn[0] != 0xFFFF)
+			return;
+
+	if (action == CNIC_ARM_CQE || action == CNIC_ARM_CQE_FP) {
 		num_active_cmds = ep->num_active_cmds;
 		if (num_active_cmds <= event_coal_min)
 			next_index = 1;
 		else
 			next_index = event_coal_min +
-				(num_active_cmds - event_coal_min) / event_coal_div;
+				     ((num_active_cmds - event_coal_min) >>
+				     ep->ec_shift);
 		if (!next_index)
 			next_index = 1;
 		cq_index = ep->qp.cqe_exp_seq_sn + next_index - 1;
@@ -1935,7 +1937,6 @@ cqe_out:
 			qp->cq_cons_idx++;
 		}
 	}
-	bnx2i_arm_cq_event_coalescing(bnx2i_conn->ep, CNIC_ARM_CQE);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1949,22 +1950,23 @@ cqe_out:
 static void bnx2i_fastpath_notification(struct bnx2i_hba *hba,
 					struct iscsi_kcqe *new_cqe_kcqe)
 {
-	struct bnx2i_conn *conn;
+	struct bnx2i_conn *bnx2i_conn;
 	u32 iscsi_cid;
 
 	iscsi_cid = new_cqe_kcqe->iscsi_conn_id;
-	conn = bnx2i_get_conn_from_id(hba, iscsi_cid);
+	bnx2i_conn = bnx2i_get_conn_from_id(hba, iscsi_cid);
 
-	if (!conn) {
+	if (!bnx2i_conn) {
 		printk(KERN_ALERT "cid #%x not valid\n", iscsi_cid);
 		return;
 	}
-	if (!conn->ep) {
+	if (!bnx2i_conn->ep) {
 		printk(KERN_ALERT "cid #%x - ep not bound\n", iscsi_cid);
 		return;
 	}
-
-	bnx2i_process_new_cqes(conn);
+	bnx2i_process_new_cqes(bnx2i_conn);
+	bnx2i_arm_cq_event_coalescing(bnx2i_conn->ep, CNIC_ARM_CQE_FP);
+	bnx2i_process_new_cqes(bnx2i_conn);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
index 51a970f3bc70..041928b23cb0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ static struct iscsi_endpoint *bnx2i_alloc_ep(struct bnx2i_hba *hba)
 {
 	struct iscsi_endpoint *ep;
 	struct bnx2i_endpoint *bnx2i_ep;
+	u32 ec_div;
 
 	ep = iscsi_create_endpoint(sizeof(*bnx2i_ep));
 	if (!ep) {
@@ -393,6 +394,11 @@ static struct iscsi_endpoint *bnx2i_alloc_ep(struct bnx2i_hba *hba)
 	bnx2i_ep->ep_iscsi_cid = (u16) -1;
 	bnx2i_ep->hba = hba;
 	bnx2i_ep->hba_age = hba->age;
+
+	ec_div = event_coal_div;
+	while (ec_div >>= 1)
+		bnx2i_ep->ec_shift += 1;
+
 	hba->ofld_conns_active++;
 	init_waitqueue_head(&bnx2i_ep->ofld_wait);
 	return ep;
@@ -2159,7 +2165,7 @@ static struct scsi_host_template bnx2i_host_template = {
 	.change_queue_depth	= iscsi_change_queue_depth,
 	.can_queue		= 1024,
 	.max_sectors		= 127,
-	.cmd_per_lun		= 32,
+	.cmd_per_lun		= 24,
 	.this_id		= -1,
 	.use_clustering		= ENABLE_CLUSTERING,
 	.sg_tablesize		= ISCSI_MAX_BDS_PER_CMD,