diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
index 68d0aec53f3aded6b3142db9d6c37ba4b68de1f0..e5bd18aa1cfa1d45b728650df03155433c84f591 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
@@ -434,6 +434,11 @@ static bool enable_tso;
 module_param(enable_tso, bool, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(enable_tso, "Enables TCP segmentation offload");
 
+#define INT_URB_MICROFRAMES_PER_MS	8
+static int int_urb_interval_ms = 8;
+module_param(int_urb_interval_ms, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(int_urb_interval_ms, "Override usb interrupt urb interval");
+
 static int lan78xx_read_reg(struct lan78xx_net *dev, u32 index, u32 *data)
 {
 	u32 *buf = kmalloc(sizeof(u32), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -3760,7 +3765,13 @@ static int lan78xx_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
 	netdev->max_mtu = MAX_SINGLE_PACKET_SIZE;
 	netif_set_gso_max_size(netdev, MAX_SINGLE_PACKET_SIZE - MAX_HEADER);
 
-	period = ep_intr->desc.bInterval;
+	if (int_urb_interval_ms <= 0)
+		period = ep_intr->desc.bInterval;
+	else
+		period = int_urb_interval_ms * INT_URB_MICROFRAMES_PER_MS;
+
+	netif_notice(dev, probe, netdev, "int urb period %d\n", period);
+
 	maxp = usb_maxpacket(dev->udev, dev->pipe_intr, 0);
 	buf = kmalloc(maxp, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (buf) {