diff --git a/package/mac80211/patches/512-ath9k_reduce_rxbuf.patch b/package/mac80211/patches/512-ath9k_reduce_rxbuf.patch
index 79d51e8e50..d4661de320 100644
--- a/package/mac80211/patches/512-ath9k_reduce_rxbuf.patch
+++ b/package/mac80211/patches/512-ath9k_reduce_rxbuf.patch
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  /***********/
  
 -#define ATH_RXBUF               512
-+#define ATH_RXBUF               128
++#define ATH_RXBUF               256
  #define ATH_TXBUF               512
  #define ATH_TXBUF_RESERVE       5
  #define ATH_MAX_QDEPTH          (ATH_TXBUF / 4 - ATH_TXBUF_RESERVE)