diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_main.c
index 8dc3f4670f640771160c2678c99249a39445f41c..c418360ba02af18b1013ceec4e893af70a44c763 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_main.c
@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ static int qed_slowpath_start(struct qed_dev *cdev,
 		}
 	}
 
+	cdev->rx_coalesce_usecs = QED_DEFAULT_RX_USECS;
 	rc = qed_nic_setup(cdev);
 	if (rc)
 		goto err;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h
index d6a4a9a5eb4dccfecc24c27f4816bb21040387f7..974689a133372152238e1cd3033a1838222c1bc5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede.h
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ void qede_update_rx_prod(struct qede_dev *edev, struct qede_rx_queue *rxq);
 #define RX_RING_SIZE		((u16)BIT(RX_RING_SIZE_POW))
 #define NUM_RX_BDS_MAX		(RX_RING_SIZE - 1)
 #define NUM_RX_BDS_MIN		128
-#define NUM_RX_BDS_DEF		NUM_RX_BDS_MAX
+#define NUM_RX_BDS_DEF		((u16)BIT(10) - 1)
 
 #define TX_RING_SIZE_POW	13
 #define TX_RING_SIZE		((u16)BIT(TX_RING_SIZE_POW))
diff --git a/include/linux/qed/qed_if.h b/include/linux/qed/qed_if.h
index f9ae903bbb8445c8d44c8531f2ebd1a47cc05f25..8978a60371f4372160d1372510dad00b1c4a76ed 100644
--- a/include/linux/qed/qed_if.h
+++ b/include/linux/qed/qed_if.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ enum qed_led_mode {
 #define DIRECT_REG_RD(reg_addr) readl((void __iomem *)(reg_addr))
 
 #define QED_COALESCE_MAX 0xFF
+#define QED_DEFAULT_RX_USECS 12
 
 /* forward */
 struct qed_dev;