diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h
index cb3356c9af803509efb2c58ff4f7d0667e689e1c..04668b47a1df1a65f98eef94bea619d7a0c0c71d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/e1000.h
@@ -175,13 +175,13 @@ struct e1000_info;
 /*
  * in the case of WTHRESH, it appears at least the 82571/2 hardware
  * writes back 4 descriptors when WTHRESH=5, and 3 descriptors when
- * WTHRESH=4, and since we want 64 bytes at a time written back, set
- * it to 5
+ * WTHRESH=4, so a setting of 5 gives the most efficient bus
+ * utilization but to avoid possible Tx stalls, set it to 1
  */
 #define E1000_TXDCTL_DMA_BURST_ENABLE                          \
 	(E1000_TXDCTL_GRAN | /* set descriptor granularity */  \
 	 E1000_TXDCTL_COUNT_DESC |                             \
-	 (5 << 16) | /* wthresh must be +1 more than desired */\
+	 (1 << 16) | /* wthresh must be +1 more than desired */\
 	 (1 << 8)  | /* hthresh */                             \
 	 0x1f)       /* pthresh */
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
index de57a2ba6bde613504cd994662f7377e8e3461cc..f444eb0b76d8d9c0c7147b8dc4a9fa7266d517b9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000e/netdev.c
@@ -2831,7 +2831,7 @@ static void e1000_configure_tx(struct e1000_adapter *adapter)
 		 * set up some performance related parameters to encourage the
 		 * hardware to use the bus more efficiently in bursts, depends
 		 * on the tx_int_delay to be enabled,
-		 * wthresh = 5 ==> burst write a cacheline (64 bytes) at a time
+		 * wthresh = 1 ==> burst write is disabled to avoid Tx stalls
 		 * hthresh = 1 ==> prefetch when one or more available
 		 * pthresh = 0x1f ==> prefetch if internal cache 31 or less
 		 * BEWARE: this seems to work but should be considered first if