diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h b/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
index d2ed7f18d1ac..52f75c097242 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h
@@ -122,14 +122,14 @@ struct aoeif {
 
 struct aoetgt {
 	unsigned char addr[6];
-	ushort nframes;
+	ushort nframes;		/* cap on frames to use */
 	struct aoedev *d;			/* parent device I belong to */
 	struct list_head ffree;			/* list of free frames */
 	struct aoeif ifs[NAOEIFS];
 	struct aoeif *ifp;	/* current aoeif in use */
 	ushort nout;
-	ushort maxout;
-	ulong falloc;
+	ushort maxout;		/* current value for max outstanding */
+	ulong falloc;		/* number of allocated frames */
 	ulong lastwadj;		/* last window adjustment */
 	int minbcnt;
 	int wpkts, rpkts;
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
index 9fe4f1865558..a6e95e69296c 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c
@@ -1373,7 +1373,11 @@ aoecmd_cfg_rsp(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
 
 	t = gettgt(d, h->src);
-	if (!t) {
+	if (t) {
+		t->nframes = n;
+		if (n < t->maxout)
+			t->maxout = n;
+	} else {
 		t = addtgt(d, h->src, n);
 		if (!t)
 			goto bail;