diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index a2b7c685cbf1..8c1a5361f661 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -929,7 +929,9 @@ static int stmmac_set_bfsize(int mtu, int bufsize)
 {
 	int ret = bufsize;
 
-	if (mtu >= BUF_SIZE_4KiB)
+	if (mtu >= BUF_SIZE_8KiB)
+		ret = BUF_SIZE_16KiB;
+	else if (mtu >= BUF_SIZE_4KiB)
 		ret = BUF_SIZE_8KiB;
 	else if (mtu >= BUF_SIZE_2KiB)
 		ret = BUF_SIZE_4KiB;