diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
index df0c3c7..f334859 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
@@ -316,6 +316,12 @@
 	kfree(shost);
 }
 
+static unsigned int shost_eh_deadline;
+
+module_param_named(eh_deadline, shost_eh_deadline, uint, S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(eh_deadline,
+		 "SCSI EH timeout in seconds (should be between 1 and 2^32-1)");
+
 static struct device_type scsi_host_type = {
 	.name =		"scsi_host",
 	.release =	scsi_host_dev_release,
@@ -388,6 +394,7 @@
 	shost->unchecked_isa_dma = sht->unchecked_isa_dma;
 	shost->use_clustering = sht->use_clustering;
 	shost->ordered_tag = sht->ordered_tag;
+	shost->eh_deadline = shost_eh_deadline * HZ;
 
 	if (sht->supported_mode == MODE_UNKNOWN)
 		/* means we didn't set it ... default to INITIATOR */