diff --git a/drivers/net/r8169.c b/drivers/net/r8169.c
index 60d2ded5571272c9234cb08cdfd71301e05e39ea..f929dbada84e90108d431a5b8affdf24812cf39e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/r8169.c
@@ -2386,7 +2386,8 @@ static void rtl_ephy_init(void __iomem *ioaddr, struct ephy_info *e, int len)
 
 static void rtl_hw_start_8168bb(void __iomem *ioaddr, struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
-	rtl_tx_performance_tweak(pdev, 0x5 << MAX_READ_REQUEST_SHIFT);
+	rtl_tx_performance_tweak(pdev,
+		(0x5 << MAX_READ_REQUEST_SHIFT) | PCI_EXP_DEVCTL_NOSNOOP_EN);
 }
 
 static void rtl_hw_start_8168bef(void __iomem *ioaddr, struct pci_dev *pdev)