diff --git a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
index 93affeeef7bd..d95e7e1ac355 100644
--- a/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/pktcdvd.c
@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ static int pkt_probe_settings(struct pktcdvd_device *pd)
 	pd->settings.size = be32_to_cpu(ti.fixed_packet_size) << 2;
 	if (pd->settings.size == 0) {
 		printk("pktcdvd: detected zero packet size!\n");
-		pd->settings.size = 128;
+		return -ENXIO;
 	}
 	if (pd->settings.size > PACKET_MAX_SECTORS) {
 		printk("pktcdvd: packet size is too big\n");
diff --git a/include/linux/pktcdvd.h b/include/linux/pktcdvd.h
index 2c177e4c8f22..d1c9c4a86e52 100644
--- a/include/linux/pktcdvd.h
+++ b/include/linux/pktcdvd.h
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ struct pkt_ctrl_command {
 
 struct packet_settings
 {
-	__u8			size;		/* packet size in (512 byte) sectors */
+	__u32			size;		/* packet size in (512 byte) sectors */
 	__u8			fp;		/* fixed packets */
 	__u8			link_loss;	/* the rest is specified
 						 * as per Mt Fuji */