diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ipr.c b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
index ada0af7..e002cd4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
@@ -8360,7 +8360,7 @@
 	int i;
 
 	ioa_cfg->ipr_cmd_pool = pci_pool_create (IPR_NAME, ioa_cfg->pdev,
-						 sizeof(struct ipr_cmnd), 16, 0);
+						 sizeof(struct ipr_cmnd), 512, 0);
 
 	if (!ioa_cfg->ipr_cmd_pool)
 		return -ENOMEM;