diff --git a/drivers/net/mvpp2.c b/drivers/net/mvpp2.c
index 426b2c2dce29b58b07921c163eaf789c77b42368..355eb39293b5d756f10d939801531c3b6f1e6b0d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mvpp2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mvpp2.c
@@ -617,10 +617,10 @@ enum mv_netc_lanes {
 #define MVPP2_MAX_TXD			16
 
 /* Amount of Tx descriptors that can be reserved at once by CPU */
-#define MVPP2_CPU_DESC_CHUNK		64
+#define MVPP2_CPU_DESC_CHUNK		16
 
 /* Max number of Tx descriptors in each aggregated queue */
-#define MVPP2_AGGR_TXQ_SIZE		256
+#define MVPP2_AGGR_TXQ_SIZE		16
 
 /* Descriptor aligned size */
 #define MVPP2_DESC_ALIGNED_SIZE		32