diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 00a83afb02e9d2e4e38297a6abeac15592cd5033..74875ddaeb330e8beb60645a63dcc4a85bea4f94 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -3030,7 +3030,7 @@ static int i40e_configure_rx_ring(struct i40e_ring *ring)
 	if (hw->revision_id == 0)
 		rx_ctx.lrxqthresh = 0;
 	else
-		rx_ctx.lrxqthresh = 2;
+		rx_ctx.lrxqthresh = 1;
 	rx_ctx.crcstrip = 1;
 	rx_ctx.l2tsel = 1;
 	/* this controls whether VLAN is stripped from inner headers */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
index 10298956a81beba24d33b6e35babfb01e25480e7..83727906a3868b8bbd115f7a97dfb862d331c2c7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_virtchnl_pf.c
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ static int i40e_config_vsi_rx_queue(struct i40e_vf *vf, u16 vsi_id,
 	rx_ctx.dsize = 1;
 
 	/* default values */
-	rx_ctx.lrxqthresh = 2;
+	rx_ctx.lrxqthresh = 1;
 	rx_ctx.crcstrip = 1;
 	rx_ctx.prefena = 1;
 	rx_ctx.l2tsel = 1;