diff --git a/drivers/char/hvc_rtas.c b/drivers/char/hvc_rtas.c
index 57106e02..4b97eaf 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hvc_rtas.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hvc_rtas.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 
 	/* Allocate an hvc_struct for the console device we instantiated
 	 * earlier.  Save off hp so that we can return it on exit */
-	hp = hvc_alloc(hvc_rtas_cookie, NO_IRQ, &hvc_rtas_get_put_ops);
+	hp = hvc_alloc(hvc_rtas_cookie, NO_IRQ, &hvc_rtas_get_put_ops, 16);
 	if (IS_ERR(hp))
 		return PTR_ERR(hp);