diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe.h b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
index d291d1cbe041f615e18bb33c44946eb880ff0b6b..05a24055ac2f75cb0cb3913b8afaed287856d29d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
 #define IXGBE_RXBUFFER_128   128    /* Used for packet split */
 #define IXGBE_RXBUFFER_256   256    /* Used for packet split */
 #define IXGBE_RXBUFFER_2048  2048
+#define IXGBE_RXBUFFER_4096  4096
+#define IXGBE_RXBUFFER_8192  8192
 #define IXGBE_MAX_RXBUFFER   16384  /* largest size for a single descriptor */
 
 #define IXGBE_RX_HDR_SIZE IXGBE_RXBUFFER_256
diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index b53f265011730e5b7e480448732c4440567c2cd1..4ab17ab7fbce22ee93587213acff888a8ba450a5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -1995,21 +1995,28 @@ static void ixgbe_configure_rx(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 			rscctrl = IXGBE_READ_REG(hw, IXGBE_RSCCTL(j));
 			rscctrl |= IXGBE_RSCCTL_RSCEN;
 			/*
-			 *  if packet split is enabled we can only support up
-			 *  to max frags + 1 descriptors.
+			 * we must limit the number of descriptors so that the
+			 * total size of max desc * buf_len is not greater
+			 * than 65535
 			 */
-			if (adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_RX_PS_ENABLED)
-#if (MAX_SKB_FRAGS < 3)
-				rscctrl |= IXGBE_RSCCTL_MAXDESC_1;
-#elif (MAX_SKB_FRAGS < 7)
-				rscctrl |= IXGBE_RSCCTL_MAXDESC_4;
-#elif (MAX_SKB_FRAGS < 15)
+			if (adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_RX_PS_ENABLED) {
+#if (MAX_SKB_FRAGS > 16)
+				rscctrl |= IXGBE_RSCCTL_MAXDESC_16;
+#elif (MAX_SKB_FRAGS > 8)
 				rscctrl |= IXGBE_RSCCTL_MAXDESC_8;
+#elif (MAX_SKB_FRAGS > 4)
+				rscctrl |= IXGBE_RSCCTL_MAXDESC_4;
 #else
-				rscctrl |= IXGBE_RSCCTL_MAXDESC_16;
+				rscctrl |= IXGBE_RSCCTL_MAXDESC_1;
 #endif
-			else
-				rscctrl |= IXGBE_RSCCTL_MAXDESC_16;
+			} else {
+				if (rx_buf_len < IXGBE_RXBUFFER_4096)
+					rscctrl |= IXGBE_RSCCTL_MAXDESC_16;
+				else if (rx_buf_len < IXGBE_RXBUFFER_8192)
+					rscctrl |= IXGBE_RSCCTL_MAXDESC_8;
+				else
+					rscctrl |= IXGBE_RSCCTL_MAXDESC_4;
+			}
 			IXGBE_WRITE_REG(hw, IXGBE_RSCCTL(j), rscctrl);
 		}
 		/* Disable RSC for ACK packets */