diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c
index 71b0204ad027..c573f06fb7b9 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/init.c
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ static unsigned hfi1_rcvarr_split = 25;
 module_param_named(rcvarr_split, hfi1_rcvarr_split, uint, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(rcvarr_split, "Percent of context's RcvArray entries used for Eager buffers");
 
-static uint eager_buffer_size = (2 << 20); /* 2MB */
+static uint eager_buffer_size = (8 << 20); /* 8MB */
 module_param(eager_buffer_size, uint, S_IRUGO);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(eager_buffer_size, "Size of the eager buffers, default: 2MB");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(eager_buffer_size, "Size of the eager buffers, default: 8MB");
 
 static uint rcvhdrcnt = 2048; /* 2x the max eager buffer count */
 module_param_named(rcvhdrcnt, rcvhdrcnt, uint, S_IRUGO);