diff --git a/sys/dev/ixl/ixl.h b/sys/dev/ixl/ixl.h
index 042e4e3e6e1a..f45354d29300 100644
--- a/sys/dev/ixl/ixl.h
+++ b/sys/dev/ixl/ixl.h
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
  * The driver currently always uses 32 byte Rx descriptors.
  */
 #define IXL_DEFAULT_RING	1024
-#define IXL_MAX_RING		8160
+#define IXL_MAX_RING		4096
 #define IXL_MIN_RING		64
 #define IXL_RING_INCREMENT	32