diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 78b5a89b0f40..2c7da3ab4684 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@ static inline int __dev_xmit_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct Qdisc *q,
 }
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, xmit_recursion);
-#define RECURSION_LIMIT 3
+#define RECURSION_LIMIT 10
 
 /**
  *	dev_queue_xmit - transmit a buffer