diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
index ba725ae47305..1cb09a187ae7 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ struct nvme_dev {
 	unsigned max_qid;
 	unsigned io_queues[HCTX_MAX_TYPES];
 	unsigned int num_vecs;
-	u16 q_depth;
+	u32 q_depth;
 	int io_sqes;
 	u32 db_stride;
 	void __iomem *bar;
@@ -157,13 +157,13 @@ struct nvme_dev {
 static int io_queue_depth_set(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
 	int ret;
-	u16 n;
+	u32 n;
 
-	ret = kstrtou16(val, 10, &n);
+	ret = kstrtou32(val, 10, &n);
 	if (ret != 0 || n < 2)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return param_set_ushort(val, kp);
+	return param_set_uint(val, kp);
 }
 
 static inline unsigned int sq_idx(unsigned int qid, u32 stride)
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ struct nvme_queue {
 	dma_addr_t sq_dma_addr;
 	dma_addr_t cq_dma_addr;
 	u32 __iomem *q_db;
-	u16 q_depth;
+	u32 q_depth;
 	u16 cq_vector;
 	u16 sq_tail;
 	u16 cq_head;
@@ -2320,7 +2320,7 @@ static int nvme_pci_enable(struct nvme_dev *dev)
 
 	dev->ctrl.cap = lo_hi_readq(dev->bar + NVME_REG_CAP);
 
-	dev->q_depth = min_t(u16, NVME_CAP_MQES(dev->ctrl.cap) + 1,
+	dev->q_depth = min_t(u32, NVME_CAP_MQES(dev->ctrl.cap) + 1,
 				io_queue_depth);
 	dev->ctrl.sqsize = dev->q_depth - 1; /* 0's based queue depth */
 	dev->db_stride = 1 << NVME_CAP_STRIDE(dev->ctrl.cap);