diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index 9a20ec796c129ae3c2b86e9ece0a3b5d96122293..124356dc39e14589e6cd94e7e7a078073836d667 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 #include "vhost.h"
 
-static int experimental_zcopytx = 1;
+static int experimental_zcopytx = 0;
 module_param(experimental_zcopytx, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(experimental_zcopytx, "Enable Zero Copy TX;"
 		                       " 1 -Enable; 0 - Disable");