diff --git a/drivers/net/igb/igb.h b/drivers/net/igb/igb.h
index 7854b66648c7763b9ae659a9cf0820d361887a75..a1775705b24c93759daf7d63cf0d02a0fd36f089 100644
--- a/drivers/net/igb/igb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/igb/igb.h
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ struct vf_data_storage {
  *           descriptors until either it has this many to write back, or the
  *           ITR timer expires.
  */
-#define IGB_RX_PTHRESH                    (hw->mac.type <= e1000_82576 ? 16 : 8)
+#define IGB_RX_PTHRESH                     8
 #define IGB_RX_HTHRESH                     8
 #define IGB_RX_WTHRESH                     1
 #define IGB_TX_PTHRESH                     8
 #define IGB_TX_HTHRESH                     1
 #define IGB_TX_WTHRESH                     ((hw->mac.type == e1000_82576 && \
-                                             adapter->msix_entries) ? 0 : 16)
+                                             adapter->msix_entries) ? 1 : 16)
 
 /* this is the size past which hardware will drop packets when setting LPE=0 */
 #define MAXIMUM_ETHERNET_VLAN_SIZE 1522