diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
index b1fd382..6ee1cb4 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 unsigned int cifs_max_pending = CIFS_MAX_REQ;
 module_param(cifs_max_pending, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(cifs_max_pending, "Simultaneous requests to server. "
-				   "Default: 50 Range: 2 to 256");
+				   "Default: 32767 Range: 2 to 32767.");
 unsigned short echo_retries = 5;
 module_param(echo_retries, ushort, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(echo_retries, "Number of echo attempts before giving up and "
@@ -1116,9 +1116,9 @@
 	if (cifs_max_pending < 2) {
 		cifs_max_pending = 2;
 		cFYI(1, "cifs_max_pending set to min of 2");
-	} else if (cifs_max_pending > 256) {
-		cifs_max_pending = 256;
-		cFYI(1, "cifs_max_pending set to max of 256");
+	} else if (cifs_max_pending > CIFS_MAX_REQ) {
+		cifs_max_pending = CIFS_MAX_REQ;
+		cFYI(1, "cifs_max_pending set to max of %u", CIFS_MAX_REQ);
 	}
 
 	rc = cifs_fscache_register();