diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index d1e709e6d2782d290684d127ebf9d424a94cab88..2b1197c83a5ece0c6b7cb6478ca3412e8f3f6ebd 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3135,7 +3135,7 @@ static inline int dev_recursion_level(void)
 	return this_cpu_read(softnet_data.xmit.recursion);
 }
 
-#define XMIT_RECURSION_LIMIT	10
+#define XMIT_RECURSION_LIMIT	8
 static inline bool dev_xmit_recursion(void)
 {
 	return unlikely(__this_cpu_read(softnet_data.xmit.recursion) >