diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c
index b5be7074f3dedfdb95a8ae4388bd41898522d733..3b7cc9320deb15eecdf226c0def9962de20e43dd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_device.c
@@ -1429,13 +1429,15 @@ int lio_get_device_id(void *dev)
 void lio_enable_irq(struct octeon_droq *droq, struct octeon_instr_queue *iq)
 {
 	u64 instr_cnt;
+	u32 pkts_pend;
 	struct octeon_device *oct = NULL;
 
 	/* the whole thing needs to be atomic, ideally */
 	if (droq) {
+		pkts_pend = (u32)atomic_read(&droq->pkts_pending);
 		spin_lock_bh(&droq->lock);
-		writel(droq->pkt_count, droq->pkts_sent_reg);
-		droq->pkt_count = 0;
+		writel(droq->pkt_count - pkts_pend, droq->pkts_sent_reg);
+		droq->pkt_count = pkts_pend;
 		/* this write needs to be flushed before we release the lock */
 		mmiowb();
 		spin_unlock_bh(&droq->lock);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_iq.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_iq.h
index 5063a12613e53646b9930f10090eae13c32301e3..5c3c8da976f7332b0db0449bd35969555332059f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_iq.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/octeon_iq.h
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ union octeon_instr_64B {
 
 /** The size of each buffer in soft command buffer pool
  */
-#define  SOFT_COMMAND_BUFFER_SIZE	1536
+#define  SOFT_COMMAND_BUFFER_SIZE	2048
 
 struct octeon_soft_command {
 	/** Soft command buffer info. */