diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index f80abe28f35a4da7630a5fbc572e03c7b9a733c1..0e0fe5b094966bb6cc5b5411d3ba2064faabe1a6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(ql2xfulldump_on_mpifail,
 int ql2xenforce_iocb_limit = 1;
 module_param(ql2xenforce_iocb_limit, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ql2xenforce_iocb_limit,
-		 "Enforce IOCB throttling, to avoid FW congestion. (default: 0)");
+		 "Enforce IOCB throttling, to avoid FW congestion. (default: 1)");
 
 /*
  * CT6 CTX allocation cache