diff --git a/include/net/mana/mana.h b/include/net/mana/mana.h
index f2a5200d8a0f..9b0faa24b758 100644
--- a/include/net/mana/mana.h
+++ b/include/net/mana/mana.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ enum TRI_STATE {
  * size beyond this value gets rejected by __alloc_page() call.
  */
 #define MAX_RX_BUFFERS_PER_QUEUE 8192
-#define DEF_RX_BUFFERS_PER_QUEUE 512
+#define DEF_RX_BUFFERS_PER_QUEUE 1024
 #define MIN_RX_BUFFERS_PER_QUEUE 128
 
 /* This max value for TX buffers is derived as the maximum allocatable