diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
index fb388b8c07cf9edf614a63d9b35726ffbc1bb7a7..745283fcbf2c95810d806573c8e33bb7b6d0854d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ qla24xx_vport_delete(struct fc_vport *fc_vport)
 
 	down(&ha->vport_sem);
 	ha->cur_vport_count--;
-	clear_bit(vha->vp_idx, (unsigned long *)ha->vp_idx_map);
+	clear_bit(vha->vp_idx, ha->vp_idx_map);
 	up(&ha->vport_sem);
 
 	kfree(vha->node_name);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
index 04e8cbca4c0d05221a8f6fdf3ece827a72a02fc4..fe8f7828f5921e2e55031c568b8cb60125808e7f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_def.h
@@ -2116,14 +2116,6 @@ struct qla_msix_entry {
 
 #define	WATCH_INTERVAL		1       /* number of seconds */
 
-/* NPIV */
-#define MAX_MULTI_ID_LOOP                     126
-#define MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC                    64
-#define MAX_NUM_VPORT_LOOP                      (MAX_MULTI_ID_LOOP - 1)
-#define MAX_NUM_VPORT_FABRIC                    (MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC - 1)
-#define MAX_NUM_VHBA_LOOP                       (MAX_MULTI_ID_LOOP - 1)
-#define MAX_NUM_VHBA_FABRIC                     (MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC - 1)
-
 /*
  * Linux Host Adapter structure
  */
@@ -2507,7 +2499,7 @@ typedef struct scsi_qla_host {
 
 	struct list_head	vp_list;	/* list of VP */
 	struct fc_vport	*fc_vport;	/* holds fc_vport * for each vport */
-	uint8_t		vp_idx_map[16];
+	unsigned long	vp_idx_map[(MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC / 8) / sizeof(unsigned long)];
 	uint16_t        num_vhosts;	/* number of vports created */
 	uint16_t        num_vsans;	/* number of vsan created */
 	uint16_t        vp_idx;		/* vport ID */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_fw.h b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_fw.h
index 25364b1aaf12327daf2dac3e1ea34ce8286f147d..69a5e31dd93ad50093c238eb72d40bcacf595694 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_fw.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_fw.h
@@ -954,7 +954,15 @@ struct device_reg_24xx {
 
 /* MID Support ***************************************************************/
 
-#define MAX_MID_VPS	125
+#define MIN_MULTI_ID_FABRIC	64	/* Must be power-of-2. */
+#define MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC	256	/* ... */
+
+#define for_each_mapped_vp_idx(_ha, _idx)		\
+	for (_idx = find_next_bit((_ha)->vp_idx_map,	\
+		(_ha)->max_npiv_vports + 1, 1);		\
+	    _idx <= (_ha)->max_npiv_vports;		\
+	    _idx = find_next_bit((_ha)->vp_idx_map,	\
+		(_ha)->max_npiv_vports + 1, _idx + 1))	\
 
 struct mid_conf_entry_24xx {
 	uint16_t reserved_1;
@@ -982,7 +990,7 @@ struct mid_init_cb_24xx {
 	uint16_t count;
 	uint16_t options;
 
-	struct mid_conf_entry_24xx entries[MAX_MID_VPS];
+	struct mid_conf_entry_24xx entries[MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC];
 };
 
 
@@ -1002,10 +1010,6 @@ struct mid_db_entry_24xx {
 	uint8_t reserved_1;
 };
 
-struct mid_db_24xx {
-	struct mid_db_entry_24xx entries[MAX_MID_VPS];
-};
-
  /*
  * Virtual Fabric ID type definition.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
index 191dafd89be080763c520bfef2b41e62bba8d0f7..03444d6e4d2684117ae21215e0712ffb52482239 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c
@@ -922,9 +922,9 @@ qla2x00_setup_chip(scsi_qla_host_t *ha)
 					ha->flags.npiv_supported = 1;
 					if ((!ha->max_npiv_vports) ||
 					    ((ha->max_npiv_vports + 1) %
-					    MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC))
+					    MIN_MULTI_ID_FABRIC))
 						ha->max_npiv_vports =
-						    MAX_NUM_VPORT_FABRIC;
+						    MIN_MULTI_ID_FABRIC - 1;
 				}
 
 				if (ql2xallocfwdump)
@@ -1162,7 +1162,8 @@ qla2x00_init_rings(scsi_qla_host_t *ha)
 
 	DEBUG(printk("scsi(%ld): Issue init firmware.\n", ha->host_no));
 
-	mid_init_cb->count = ha->max_npiv_vports;
+	mid_init_cb->count = cpu_to_le16(ha->max_npiv_vports);
+	mid_init_cb->options = __constant_cpu_to_le16(BIT_1);
 
 	rval = qla2x00_init_firmware(ha, ha->init_cb_size);
 	if (rval) {
@@ -2566,14 +2567,7 @@ qla2x00_find_all_fabric_devs(scsi_qla_host_t *ha, struct list_head *new_fcports)
 
 		/* Bypass virtual ports of the same host. */
 		if (pha->num_vhosts) {
-			vp_index = find_next_bit(
-			    (unsigned long *)pha->vp_idx_map,
-			    MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC + 1, 1);
-
-			for (;vp_index <= MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC;
-			    vp_index = find_next_bit(
-			    (unsigned long *)pha->vp_idx_map,
-			    MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC + 1, vp_index + 1)) {
+			for_each_mapped_vp_idx(pha, vp_index) {
 				empty_vp_index = 1;
 				found_vp = 0;
 				list_for_each_entry(vha, &pha->vp_list,
@@ -2592,7 +2586,8 @@ qla2x00_find_all_fabric_devs(scsi_qla_host_t *ha, struct list_head *new_fcports)
 				    new_fcport->d_id.b24 == vha->d_id.b24)
 					break;
 			}
-			if (vp_index <= MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC)
+
+			if (vp_index <= pha->max_npiv_vports)
 				continue;
 		}
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c
index ccd662a6f5dccbbfa23c97db60b574eff6356f42..031f269149b1cc07138688402253886eaac9a3a0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ qla2x00_get_adapter_id(scsi_qla_host_t *ha, uint16_t *id, uint8_t *al_pa,
 
 	mcp->mb[0] = MBC_GET_ADAPTER_LOOP_ID;
 	mcp->mb[9] = ha->vp_idx;
-	mcp->out_mb = MBX_0;
+	mcp->out_mb = MBX_9|MBX_0;
 	mcp->in_mb = MBX_9|MBX_7|MBX_6|MBX_3|MBX_2|MBX_1|MBX_0;
 	mcp->tov = 30;
 	mcp->flags = 0;
@@ -2873,7 +2873,7 @@ qla24xx_control_vp(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, int cmd)
 	DEBUG11(printk("%s(%ld): entered. Enabling index %d\n", __func__,
 	    ha->host_no, vp_index));
 
-	if (vp_index == 0 || vp_index >= MAX_MULTI_ID_LOOP)
+	if (vp_index == 0 || vp_index >= ha->max_npiv_vports)
 		return QLA_PARAMETER_ERROR;
 
 	vce = dma_pool_alloc(ha->s_dma_pool, GFP_KERNEL, &vce_dma);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mid.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mid.c
index 821ee74aadc675ed4a7f3f5a1157000d76079413..74096aaa693ce43a5fa8ebb33852be1159c8aadc 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mid.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mid.c
@@ -47,16 +47,15 @@ qla24xx_allocate_vp_id(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 
 	/* Find an empty slot and assign an vp_id */
 	down(&ha->vport_sem);
-	vp_id = find_first_zero_bit((unsigned long *)ha->vp_idx_map,
-				MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC);
-	if (vp_id > MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC) {
-		DEBUG15(printk ("vp_id %d is bigger than MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRID\n",
-		    vp_id));
+	vp_id = find_first_zero_bit(ha->vp_idx_map, ha->max_npiv_vports + 1);
+	if (vp_id > ha->max_npiv_vports) {
+		DEBUG15(printk ("vp_id %d is bigger than max-supported %d.\n",
+		    vp_id, ha->max_npiv_vports));
 		up(&ha->vport_sem);
 		return vp_id;
 	}
 
-	set_bit(vp_id, (unsigned long *)ha->vp_idx_map);
+	set_bit(vp_id, ha->vp_idx_map);
 	ha->num_vhosts++;
 	vha->vp_idx = vp_id;
 	list_add_tail(&vha->vp_list, &ha->vp_list);
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ qla24xx_deallocate_vp_id(scsi_qla_host_t *vha)
 	down(&ha->vport_sem);
 	vp_id = vha->vp_idx;
 	ha->num_vhosts--;
-	clear_bit(vp_id, (unsigned long *)ha->vp_idx_map);
+	clear_bit(vp_id, ha->vp_idx_map);
 	list_del(&vha->vp_list);
 	up(&ha->vport_sem);
 }
@@ -216,11 +215,7 @@ qla2x00_alert_all_vps(scsi_qla_host_t *ha, uint16_t *mb)
 	if (ha->parent)
 		return;
 
-	i = find_next_bit((unsigned long *)ha->vp_idx_map,
-	    MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC + 1, 1);
-	for (;i <= MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC;
-	    i = find_next_bit((unsigned long *)ha->vp_idx_map,
-	    MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC + 1, i + 1)) {
+	for_each_mapped_vp_idx(ha, i) {
 		vp_idx_matched = 0;
 
 		list_for_each_entry(vha, &ha->vp_list, vp_list) {
@@ -311,11 +306,7 @@ qla2x00_do_dpc_all_vps(scsi_qla_host_t *ha)
 
 	clear_bit(VP_DPC_NEEDED, &ha->dpc_flags);
 
-	i = find_next_bit((unsigned long *)ha->vp_idx_map,
-	    MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC + 1, 1);
-	for (;i <= MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC;
-	    i = find_next_bit((unsigned long *)ha->vp_idx_map,
-	    MAX_MULTI_ID_FABRIC + 1, i + 1)) {
+	for_each_mapped_vp_idx(ha, i) {
 		vp_idx_matched = 0;
 
 		list_for_each_entry(vha, &ha->vp_list, vp_list) {
@@ -356,9 +347,9 @@ qla24xx_vport_create_req_sanity_check(struct fc_vport *fc_vport)
 
 	/* Check up max-npiv-supports */
 	if (ha->num_vhosts > ha->max_npiv_vports) {
-		DEBUG15(printk("scsi(%ld): num_vhosts %d is bigger than "
-		    "max_npv_vports %d.\n", ha->host_no,
-		    (uint16_t) ha->num_vhosts, (int) ha->max_npiv_vports));
+		DEBUG15(printk("scsi(%ld): num_vhosts %ud is bigger than "
+		    "max_npv_vports %ud.\n", ha->host_no,
+		    ha->num_vhosts, ha->max_npiv_vports));
 		return VPCERR_UNSUPPORTED;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -450,7 +441,7 @@ qla24xx_create_vhost(struct fc_vport *fc_vport)
 	num_hosts++;
 
 	down(&ha->vport_sem);
-	set_bit(vha->vp_idx, (unsigned long *)ha->vp_idx_map);
+	set_bit(vha->vp_idx, ha->vp_idx_map);
 	ha->cur_vport_count++;
 	up(&ha->vport_sem);