diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_av.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_av.c
index 3bac197..214e2fd 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_av.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/ehca_av.c
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ struct ib_ah *ehca_create_ah(struct ib_p
 		}
 		memcpy(&av->av.grh.word_1, &gid, sizeof(gid));
 	}
-	/* for the time being we use a hard coded PMTU of 2048 Bytes */
-	av->av.pmtu = 4;
+	av->av.pmtu = EHCA_MAX_MTU;
 
 	/* dgid comes in grh.word_3 */
 	memcpy(&av->av.grh.word_3, &ah_attr->grh.dgid,
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ int ehca_modify_ah(struct ib_ah *ah, str
 		memcpy(&new_ehca_av.grh.word_1, &gid, sizeof(gid));
 	}
 
-	new_ehca_av.pmtu = 4; /* see also comment in create_ah() */
+	new_ehca_av.pmtu = EHCA_MAX_MTU;
 
 	memcpy(&new_ehca_av.grh.word_3, &ah_attr->grh.dgid,
 	       sizeof(ah_attr->grh.dgid));
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/hipz_hw.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/hipz_hw.h
index 3fc92b0..fad9136 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/hipz_hw.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/hipz_hw.h
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ #define __HIPZ_HW_H__
 
 #include "ehca_tools.h"
 
+#define EHCA_MAX_MTU 4
+
 /* QP Table Entry Memory Map */
 struct hipz_qptemm {
 	u64 qpx_hcr;