diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c b/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
index ca4abe1ccd8d..cacbe2dbd5c3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/alloc.c
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <trace/events/bcache.h>
 
+#define MAX_OPEN_BUCKETS 128
+
 /* Bucket heap / gen */
 
 uint8_t bch_inc_gen(struct cache *ca, struct bucket *b)
@@ -671,7 +673,7 @@ int bch_open_buckets_alloc(struct cache_set *c)
 
 	spin_lock_init(&c->data_bucket_lock);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_OPEN_BUCKETS; i++) {
 		struct open_bucket *b = kzalloc(sizeof(*b), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!b)
 			return -ENOMEM;