diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb.h b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb.h
index 26c4f15..f8d3385 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 #define IXGB_TX_QUEUE_WAKE 16
 
 /* How many Rx Buffers do we bundle into one write to the hardware ? */
-#define IXGB_RX_BUFFER_WRITE	16	/* Must be power of 2 */
+#define IXGB_RX_BUFFER_WRITE	4	/* Must be power of 2 */
 
 /* only works for sizes that are powers of 2 */
 #define IXGB_ROUNDUP(i, size) ((i) = (((i) + (size) - 1) & ~((size) - 1)))