diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
index faf262a0d6c46391071454b88ee97a4e0e63db12..ce8f86966c11eaecc80bca97ecb0eb6a664cd73c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.h
@@ -1508,8 +1508,10 @@ struct bnx2x {
 /* TCP with Timestamp Option (32) + IPv6 (40) */
 #define ETH_MAX_TPA_HEADER_SIZE		72
 
-	/* Max supported alignment is 256 (8 shift) */
-#define BNX2X_RX_ALIGN_SHIFT		min(8, L1_CACHE_SHIFT)
+	/* Max supported alignment is 256 (8 shift)
+	 * minimal alignment shift 6 is optimal for 57xxx HW performance
+	 */
+#define BNX2X_RX_ALIGN_SHIFT		max(6, min(8, L1_CACHE_SHIFT))
 
 	/* FW uses 2 Cache lines Alignment for start packet and size
 	 *