diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_init.c b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_init.c
index 6faa10f59c18..7344f4d59a7d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_init.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_init.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static int __devinit asd_common_setup(struct asd_ha_struct *asd_ha)
 	}
 	/* Provide some sane default values. */
 	asd_ha->hw_prof.max_scbs = 512;
-	asd_ha->hw_prof.max_ddbs = 128;
+	asd_ha->hw_prof.max_ddbs = ASD_MAX_DDBS;
 	asd_ha->hw_prof.num_phys = ASD_MAX_PHYS;
 	/* All phys are enabled, by default. */
 	asd_ha->hw_prof.enabled_phys = 0xFF;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_sas.h b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_sas.h
index 9050e93bfd5e..fa7c5290257d 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_sas.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_sas.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
  * domain that this sequencer can maintain low-level connections for
  * us.  They are be 64 bytes.
  */
+#define ASD_MAX_DDBS	128
 
 struct asd_ddb_ssp_smp_target_port {
 	u8     conn_type;	  /* byte 0 */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_seq.c b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_seq.c
index 21569ecd8ec8..0d343cfd4333 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_seq.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/aic94xx/aic94xx_seq.c
@@ -907,6 +907,16 @@ static void asd_init_scb_sites(struct asd_ha_struct *asd_ha)
 		for (i = 0; i < ASD_SCB_SIZE; i += 4)
 			asd_scbsite_write_dword(asd_ha, site_no, i, 0);
 
+		/* Initialize SCB Site Opcode field to invalid. */
+		asd_scbsite_write_byte(asd_ha, site_no,
+				       offsetof(struct scb_header, opcode),
+				       0xFF);
+
+		/* Initialize SCB Site Flags field to mean a response
+		 * frame has been received.  This means inadvertent
+		 * frames received to be dropped. */
+		asd_scbsite_write_byte(asd_ha, site_no, 0x49, 0x01);
+
 		/* Workaround needed by SEQ to fix a SATA issue is to exclude
 		 * certain SCB sites from the free list. */
 		if (!SCB_SITE_VALID(site_no))
@@ -922,16 +932,6 @@ static void asd_init_scb_sites(struct asd_ha_struct *asd_ha)
 		/* Q_NEXT field of the last SCB is invalidated. */
 		asd_scbsite_write_word(asd_ha, site_no, 0, first_scb_site_no);
 
-		/* Initialize SCB Site Opcode field to invalid. */
-		asd_scbsite_write_byte(asd_ha, site_no,
-				       offsetof(struct scb_header, opcode),
-				       0xFF);
-
-		/* Initialize SCB Site Flags field to mean a response
-		 * frame has been received.  This means inadvertent
-		 * frames received to be dropped. */
-		asd_scbsite_write_byte(asd_ha, site_no, 0x49, 0x01);
-
 		first_scb_site_no = site_no;
 		max_scbs++;
 	}
@@ -1173,6 +1173,16 @@ static void asd_init_ddb_0(struct asd_ha_struct *asd_ha)
 	set_bit(0, asd_ha->hw_prof.ddb_bitmap);
 }
 
+static void asd_seq_init_ddb_sites(struct asd_ha_struct *asd_ha)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+	unsigned int ddb_site;
+
+	for (ddb_site = 0 ; ddb_site < ASD_MAX_DDBS; ddb_site++)
+		for (i = 0; i < sizeof(struct asd_ddb_ssp_smp_target_port); i+= 4)
+			asd_ddbsite_write_dword(asd_ha, ddb_site, i, 0);
+}
+
 /**
  * asd_seq_setup_seqs -- setup and initialize central and link sequencers
  * @asd_ha: pointer to host adapter structure
@@ -1182,6 +1192,9 @@ static void asd_seq_setup_seqs(struct asd_ha_struct *asd_ha)
 	int 		lseq;
 	u8		lseq_mask;
 
+	/* Initialize DDB sites */
+	asd_seq_init_ddb_sites(asd_ha);
+
 	/* Initialize SCB sites. Done first to compute some values which
 	 * the rest of the init code depends on. */
 	asd_init_scb_sites(asd_ha);