diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h
index c3156aa3f709f0bc3369f21d2ecfe3b0846ba436..ff57ae451524f2994b40155a834acd90f7685fb6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static inline bool i40e_test_staterr(union i40e_rx_desc *rx_desc,
 }
 
 /* How many Rx Buffers do we bundle into one write to the hardware ? */
-#define I40E_RX_BUFFER_WRITE	16	/* Must be power of 2 */
+#define I40E_RX_BUFFER_WRITE	32	/* Must be power of 2 */
 #define I40E_RX_INCREMENT(r, i) \
 	do {					\
 		(i)++;				\
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.h
index 8f9830d7649a76f6dd8fe979d4d98bd3fd57d221..8d26c85d12e1311dfa3fc413a8d29505febd8c01 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.h
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static inline bool i40e_test_staterr(union i40e_rx_desc *rx_desc,
 }
 
 /* How many Rx Buffers do we bundle into one write to the hardware ? */
-#define I40E_RX_BUFFER_WRITE	16	/* Must be power of 2 */
+#define I40E_RX_BUFFER_WRITE	32	/* Must be power of 2 */
 #define I40E_RX_INCREMENT(r, i) \
 	do {					\
 		(i)++;				\