static unsigned int max_targets = IBMVFC_MAX_TARGETS;
 static unsigned int max_requests = IBMVFC_MAX_REQUESTS_DEFAULT;
 static unsigned int disc_threads = IBMVFC_MAX_DISC_THREADS;
-static unsigned int dev_loss_tmo = IBMVFC_DEV_LOSS_TMO;
 static unsigned int ibmvfc_debug = IBMVFC_DEBUG;
 static unsigned int log_level = IBMVFC_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL;
 static LIST_HEAD(ibmvfc_head);
 module_param_named(debug, ibmvfc_debug, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Enable driver debug information. "
                 "[Default=" __stringify(IBMVFC_DEBUG) "]");
-module_param_named(dev_loss_tmo, dev_loss_tmo, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(dev_loss_tmo, "Maximum number of seconds that the FC "
-                "transport should insulate the loss of a remote port. Once this "
-                "value is exceeded, the scsi target is removed. "
-                "[Default=" __stringify(IBMVFC_DEV_LOSS_TMO) "]");
 module_param_named(log_level, log_level, uint, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(log_level, "Set to 0 - 4 for increasing verbosity of device driver. "
                 "[Default=" __stringify(IBMVFC_DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL) "]");
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
 }
 
-static void ibmvfc_set_host_def_dev_loss_tmo(struct Scsi_Host *shost)
-{
-       fc_host_def_dev_loss_tmo(shost) = dev_loss_tmo;
-}
-
 /**
  * ibmvfc_set_rport_dev_loss_tmo - Set rport's device loss timeout
  * @rport:             rport struct
        if ((rc = scsi_add_host(shost, dev)))
                goto release_event_pool;
 
+       fc_host_dev_loss_tmo(shost) = IBMVFC_DEV_LOSS_TMO;
+
        if ((rc = ibmvfc_create_trace_file(&shost->shost_dev.kobj,
                                           &ibmvfc_trace_attr))) {
                dev_err(dev, "Failed to create trace file. rc=%d\n", rc);
        .get_host_speed = ibmvfc_get_host_speed,
        .show_host_speed = 1,
 
-       .get_host_def_dev_loss_tmo = ibmvfc_set_host_def_dev_loss_tmo,
-
        .issue_fc_host_lip = ibmvfc_issue_fc_host_lip,
        .terminate_rport_io = ibmvfc_terminate_rport_io,