diff --git a/drivers/vhost/net.c b/drivers/vhost/net.c
index b40e8ded49c6..4d11152e60c1 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/net.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/net.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 #include "vhost.h"
 
-static int experimental_zcopytx = 1;
+static int experimental_zcopytx = 0;
 module_param(experimental_zcopytx, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(experimental_zcopytx, "Enable Zero Copy TX;"
 		                       " 1 -Enable; 0 - Disable");