diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c
index d28615369d20d8f6e44f9e0783a04926a9eb30dd..f44b640dff79058ed0690cbc69ff4dc068f0c6ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/main.c
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ module_param(rx_max_burst_duration, uint, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(rx_max_burst_duration,
 		 " Interrupt moderation RX max burst duration, usecs.");
 
+/* if not set via modparam, will be set to default value of 1/8 of
+ * rx ring size during init flow
+ */
+unsigned short rx_ring_overflow_thrsh = WIL6210_RX_HIGH_TRSH_INIT;
+module_param(rx_ring_overflow_thrsh, ushort, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(rx_ring_overflow_thrsh,
+		 " RX ring overflow threshold in descriptors.");
 
 /* We allow allocation of more than 1 page buffers to support large packets.
  * It is suboptimal behavior performance wise in case MTU above page size.
@@ -456,6 +463,8 @@ int wil_priv_init(struct wil6210_priv *wil)
 	wil->tx_max_burst_duration = tx_max_burst_duration;
 	wil->rx_max_burst_duration = rx_max_burst_duration;
 
+	if (rx_ring_overflow_thrsh == WIL6210_RX_HIGH_TRSH_INIT)
+		rx_ring_overflow_thrsh = WIL6210_RX_HIGH_TRSH_DEFAULT;
 	return 0;
 
 out_wmi_wq:
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.h
index a6d63c157b2f0b8b4064d1f8427f2b574d926899..da3fe7853d6379ca61651944e39bc0ace3e0cf2c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wil6210.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 extern bool no_fw_recovery;
 extern unsigned int mtu_max;
+extern unsigned short rx_ring_overflow_thrsh;
 extern int agg_wsize;
 
 #define WIL_NAME "wil6210"
@@ -83,7 +84,9 @@ static inline u32 wil_mtu2macbuf(u32 mtu)
 #define WIL6210_FW_RECOVERY_RETRIES	(5) /* try to recover this many times */
 #define WIL6210_FW_RECOVERY_TO	msecs_to_jiffies(5000)
 #define WIL6210_SCAN_TO		msecs_to_jiffies(10000)
-
+#define WIL6210_RX_HIGH_TRSH_INIT		(0)
+#define WIL6210_RX_HIGH_TRSH_DEFAULT \
+				(1 << (WIL_RX_RING_SIZE_ORDER_DEFAULT - 3))
 /* Hardware definitions begin */
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c
index a4b30a40cefaf28de1d03d76ba001b180f328186..432ec55298f291ccdde964a61cba25540946a5aa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/wmi.c
@@ -1090,6 +1090,7 @@ int wmi_rx_chain_add(struct wil6210_priv *wil, struct vring *vring)
 		.mid = 0, /* TODO - what is it? */
 		.decap_trans_type = WMI_DECAP_TYPE_802_3,
 		.reorder_type = WMI_RX_SW_REORDER,
+		.host_thrsh = cpu_to_le16(rx_ring_overflow_thrsh),
 	};
 	struct {
 		struct wil6210_mbox_hdr_wmi wmi;