diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
index 81d8e3bd01b6..21ce0b701143 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 #define MLX5E_VALID_NUM_MTTS(num_mtts) (MLX5_MTT_OCTW(num_mtts) <= U16_MAX)
 
 #define MLX5_UMR_ALIGN				(2048)
-#define MLX5_MPWRQ_SMALL_PACKET_THRESHOLD	(128)
+#define MLX5_MPWRQ_SMALL_PACKET_THRESHOLD	(256)
 
 #define MLX5E_PARAMS_DEFAULT_LRO_WQE_SZ                 (64 * 1024)
 #define MLX5E_DEFAULT_LRO_TIMEOUT                       32