diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c
index cf8dfab9489f..28a635c66f3e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ static struct {
 	{"PIONEER", "CD-ROM DRM-604X", NULL, BLIST_FORCELUN | BLIST_SINGLELUN},
 	{"PIONEER", "CD-ROM DRM-624X", NULL, BLIST_FORCELUN | BLIST_SINGLELUN},
 	{"Promise", "", NULL, BLIST_SPARSELUN},
+	{"QNAP", "iSCSI Storage", NULL, BLIST_MAX_1024},
 	{"QUANTUM", "XP34301", "1071", BLIST_NOTQ},
 	{"REGAL", "CDC-4X", NULL, BLIST_MAX5LUN | BLIST_SINGLELUN},
 	{"SanDisk", "ImageMate CF-SD1", NULL, BLIST_FORCELUN},
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
index 348840e80921..37abf4fdc8d7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
@@ -888,6 +888,12 @@ static int scsi_add_lun(struct scsi_device *sdev, unsigned char *inq_result,
 	 */
 	if (*bflags & BLIST_MAX_512)
 		blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(sdev->request_queue, 512);
+	/*
+	 * Max 1024 sector transfer length for targets that report incorrect
+	 * max/optimal lengths and relied on the old block layer safe default
+	 */
+	else if (*bflags & BLIST_MAX_1024)
+		blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(sdev->request_queue, 1024);
 
 	/*
 	 * Some devices may not want to have a start command automatically
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_devinfo.h b/include/scsi/scsi_devinfo.h
index b4ddd3b18b4c..fc8cdff83a50 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_devinfo.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_devinfo.h
@@ -30,4 +30,5 @@
 #define BLIST_RETRY_HWERROR	0x400000 /* retry HARDWARE_ERROR */
 #define BLIST_MAX_512		0x800000 /* maximum 512 sector cdb length */
 #define BLIST_ATTACH_PQ3	0x1000000 /* Scan: Attach to PQ3 devices */
+#define BLIST_MAX_1024		0x40000000 /* maximum 1024 sector cdb length */
 #endif