module_param(msix_disable, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(msix_disable, "Disable MSI-X interrupt handling. Default: 0");
 
+static int throttlequeuedepth = MEGASAS_THROTTLE_QUEUE_DEPTH;
+module_param(throttlequeuedepth, int, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(throttlequeuedepth,
+       "Adapter queue depth when throttled due to I/O timeout. Default: 16");
+
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(MEGASAS_VERSION);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("megaraidlinux@lsi.com");
 {
        unsigned long flags;
        if (instance->flag & MEGASAS_FW_BUSY
-               && time_after(jiffies, instance->last_time + 5 * HZ)
-               && atomic_read(&instance->fw_outstanding) < 17) {
+           && time_after(jiffies, instance->last_time + 5 * HZ)
+           && atomic_read(&instance->fw_outstanding) <
+           instance->throttlequeuedepth + 1) {
 
                spin_lock_irqsave(instance->host->host_lock, flags);
                instance->flag &= ~MEGASAS_FW_BUSY;
                /* FW is busy, throttle IO */
                spin_lock_irqsave(instance->host->host_lock, flags);
 
-               instance->host->can_queue = 16;
+               instance->host->can_queue = instance->throttlequeuedepth;
                instance->last_time = jiffies;
                instance->flag |= MEGASAS_FW_BUSY;
 
 
        kfree(ctrl_info);
 
+       /* Check for valid throttlequeuedepth module parameter */
+       if (instance->pdev->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_LSI_SAS0073SKINNY ||
+           instance->pdev->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_LSI_SAS0071SKINNY) {
+               if (throttlequeuedepth > (instance->max_fw_cmds -
+                                         MEGASAS_SKINNY_INT_CMDS))
+                       instance->throttlequeuedepth =
+                               MEGASAS_THROTTLE_QUEUE_DEPTH;
+               else
+                       instance->throttlequeuedepth = throttlequeuedepth;
+       } else {
+               if (throttlequeuedepth > (instance->max_fw_cmds -
+                                         MEGASAS_INT_CMDS))
+                       instance->throttlequeuedepth =
+                               MEGASAS_THROTTLE_QUEUE_DEPTH;
+               else
+                       instance->throttlequeuedepth = throttlequeuedepth;
+       }
+
         /*
        * Setup tasklet for cmd completion
        */