diff --git a/sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC b/sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC
index dab69dd763d5..217dfe5fa66c 100644
--- a/sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/alpha/conf/GENERIC
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ options 	WITNESS_SKIPSPIN	# Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
 # To make an SMP kernel, the next line is needed
 options 	SMP			# Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel
 
+# Alpha's do not appear to react well to probing high EISA slots
+options 	EISA_SLOTS=2
+
 # Standard busses
 device		isa
 device		eisa