diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc.h b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc.h
index 049ea907e04..c5af098e3b5 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc.h
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@
 #define BNX2FC_HASH_TBL_CHUNK_SIZE	(16 * 1024)
 
 #define BNX2FC_MAX_SEQS			255
+#define BNX2FC_MAX_RETRY_CNT		3
+#define BNX2FC_MAX_RPORT_RETRY_CNT	255
 
 #define BNX2FC_READ			(1 << 1)
 #define BNX2FC_WRITE			(1 << 0)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_fcoe.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_fcoe.c
index 10cf5d96ce2..bd18ab5ccba 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_fcoe.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2fc/bnx2fc_fcoe.c
@@ -953,8 +953,8 @@ static int bnx2fc_lport_config(struct fc_lport *lport)
 {
 	lport->link_up = 0;
 	lport->qfull = 0;
-	lport->max_retry_count = 3;
-	lport->max_rport_retry_count = 3;
+	lport->max_retry_count = BNX2FC_MAX_RETRY_CNT;
+	lport->max_rport_retry_count = BNX2FC_MAX_RPORT_RETRY_CNT;
 	lport->e_d_tov = 2 * 1000;
 	lport->r_a_tov = 10 * 1000;