diff --git a/scst_local/scst_local.c b/scst_local/scst_local.c
index 1e8868e96..81772cf87 100644
--- a/scst_local/scst_local.c
+++ b/scst_local/scst_local.c
@@ -988,7 +988,16 @@ static int scst_fake_lld_driver_probe(struct device *dev)
 		hpnt->max_id = scst_local_num_tgts;
 	hpnt->max_lun = scst_local_max_luns - 1;
 
-	hpnt->max_cmd_len = 260;
+	/*
+	 * Because of a change in the size of this field around 2.6.26
+	 * we use this check ... it allows us to work on earlier
+	 * kernels. If we don't, the max_cmd_size gets set to 4 (and we get
+	 * a compiler warning) so a scan never occurs.
+	 */
+	if (sizeof(hpnt->max_cmd_len) == sizeof(unsigned char))
+		hpnt->max_cmd_len = 16;
+	else
+		hpnt->max_cmd_len = 260;
 
 	ret = scsi_add_host(hpnt, &scst_lcl_host->dev);
 	if (ret) {