diff -uNr linux-2.4.19.S1.sdm6.sgm4.largelun/drivers/scsi/hosts.c linux-2.4.19.S1.sdm6.sgm4.llun.fixshosts/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
--- linux-2.4.19.S1.sdm6.sgm4.largelun/drivers/scsi/hosts.c	Wed Aug  7 01:16:33 2002
+++ linux-2.4.19.S1.sdm6.sgm4.llun.fixshosts/drivers/scsi/hosts.c	Tue Aug 13 03:44:29 2002
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
      * It is also safe to reuse those of numbers directly below which have
      * been released earlier (to avoid some holes in numbering).
      */
-    if(sh->host_no == max_scsi_hosts - 1) {
+    if(!scsi_host_no_list && sh->host_no == max_scsi_hosts - 1) {
 	while(--max_scsi_hosts >= next_scsi_host) {
 	    shpnt = scsi_hostlist;
 	    while(shpnt && shpnt->host_no != max_scsi_hosts - 1)