diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 81c85ba6e2b8..4d1b1056ac97 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2480,7 +2480,7 @@ void synchronize_net(void);
 int init_dummy_netdev(struct net_device *dev);
 
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, xmit_recursion);
-#define XMIT_RECURSION_LIMIT	10
+#define XMIT_RECURSION_LIMIT	8
 
 static inline int dev_recursion_level(void)
 {