diff --git a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
index e9658a67d9da0..09d2f8351539b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ static struct beiscsi_hba *beiscsi_hba_alloc(struct pci_dev *pcidev)
 			"beiscsi_hba_alloc - iscsi_host_alloc failed\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}
-	shost->max_id = BE2_MAX_SESSIONS;
+	shost->max_id = BE2_MAX_SESSIONS - 1;
 	shost->max_channel = 0;
 	shost->max_cmd_len = BEISCSI_MAX_CMD_LEN;
 	shost->max_lun = BEISCSI_NUM_MAX_LUN;
@@ -5318,7 +5318,7 @@ static int beiscsi_enable_port(struct beiscsi_hba *phba)
 	/* Re-enable UER. If different TPE occurs then it is recoverable. */
 	beiscsi_set_uer_feature(phba);
 
-	phba->shost->max_id = phba->params.cxns_per_ctrl;
+	phba->shost->max_id = phba->params.cxns_per_ctrl - 1;
 	phba->shost->can_queue = phba->params.ios_per_ctrl;
 	ret = beiscsi_init_port(phba);
 	if (ret < 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
index 2ad85c6b99fd2..8cf2f9a7cfdc2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ struct bnx2i_hba *bnx2i_alloc_hba(struct cnic_dev *cnic)
 		return NULL;
 	shost->dma_boundary = cnic->pcidev->dma_mask;
 	shost->transportt = bnx2i_scsi_xport_template;
-	shost->max_id = ISCSI_MAX_CONNS_PER_HBA;
+	shost->max_id = ISCSI_MAX_CONNS_PER_HBA - 1;
 	shost->max_channel = 0;
 	shost->max_lun = 512;
 	shost->max_cmd_len = 16;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c
index f6bcae829c29b..506b561670af0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/cxgbi/libcxgbi.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ void cxgbi_hbas_remove(struct cxgbi_device *cdev)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cxgbi_hbas_remove);
 
 int cxgbi_hbas_add(struct cxgbi_device *cdev, u64 max_lun,
-		unsigned int max_id, struct scsi_host_template *sht,
+		unsigned int max_conns, struct scsi_host_template *sht,
 		struct scsi_transport_template *stt)
 {
 	struct cxgbi_hba *chba;
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ int cxgbi_hbas_add(struct cxgbi_device *cdev, u64 max_lun,
 
 		shost->transportt = stt;
 		shost->max_lun = max_lun;
-		shost->max_id = max_id;
+		shost->max_id = max_conns - 1;
 		shost->max_channel = 0;
 		shost->max_cmd_len = SCSI_MAX_VARLEN_CDB_SIZE;
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c b/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
index 69c5b5ee2169b..b33eff9ea80ba 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qedi/qedi_main.c
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ static struct qedi_ctx *qedi_host_alloc(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 		goto exit_setup_shost;
 	}
 
-	shost->max_id = QEDI_MAX_ISCSI_CONNS_PER_HBA;
+	shost->max_id = QEDI_MAX_ISCSI_CONNS_PER_HBA - 1;
 	shost->max_channel = 0;
 	shost->max_lun = ~0;
 	shost->max_cmd_len = 16;