diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.c
index 50350f77b309..8d6fb848f8c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.c
@@ -880,6 +880,8 @@ int ath11k_dp_alloc(struct ath11k_base *ab)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dp->reo_cmd_cache_flush_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&dp->reo_cmd_lock);
 
+	dp->reo_cmd_cache_flush_count = 0;
+
 	ret = ath11k_wbm_idle_ring_setup(ab, &n_link_desc);
 	if (ret) {
 		ath11k_warn(ab, "failed to setup wbm_idle_ring: %d\n", ret);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.h
index d4e19dc4bce1..222de10e4b93 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ struct dp_rx_tid {
 	struct ath11k_base *ab;
 };
 
+#define DP_REO_DESC_FREE_THRESHOLD  64
 #define DP_REO_DESC_FREE_TIMEOUT_MS 1000
 
 struct dp_reo_cache_flush_elem {
@@ -222,7 +223,13 @@ struct ath11k_dp {
 	struct hal_wbm_idle_scatter_list scatter_list[DP_IDLE_SCATTER_BUFS_MAX];
 	struct list_head reo_cmd_list;
 	struct list_head reo_cmd_cache_flush_list;
-	/* protects access to reo_cmd_list and reo_cmd_cache_flush_list */
+	u32 reo_cmd_cache_flush_count;
+	/**
+	 * protects access to below fields,
+	 * - reo_cmd_list
+	 * - reo_cmd_cache_flush_list
+	 * - reo_cmd_cache_flush_count
+	 */
 	spinlock_t reo_cmd_lock;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c
index bbd7da48518f..d3d2a335cc40 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c
@@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ void ath11k_dp_reo_cmd_list_cleanup(struct ath11k_base *ab)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(cmd_cache, tmp_cache,
 				 &dp->reo_cmd_cache_flush_list, list) {
 		list_del(&cmd_cache->list);
+		dp->reo_cmd_cache_flush_count--;
 		dma_unmap_single(ab->dev, cmd_cache->data.paddr,
 				 cmd_cache->data.size, DMA_BIDIRECTIONAL);
 		kfree(cmd_cache->data.vaddr);
@@ -651,15 +652,18 @@ static void ath11k_dp_rx_tid_del_func(struct ath11k_dp *dp, void *ctx,
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&dp->reo_cmd_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&elem->list, &dp->reo_cmd_cache_flush_list);
+	dp->reo_cmd_cache_flush_count++;
 	spin_unlock_bh(&dp->reo_cmd_lock);
 
 	/* Flush and invalidate aged REO desc from HW cache */
 	spin_lock_bh(&dp->reo_cmd_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(elem, tmp, &dp->reo_cmd_cache_flush_list,
 				 list) {
-		if (time_after(jiffies, elem->ts +
+		if (dp->reo_cmd_cache_flush_count > DP_REO_DESC_FREE_THRESHOLD ||
+		    time_after(jiffies, elem->ts +
 			       msecs_to_jiffies(DP_REO_DESC_FREE_TIMEOUT_MS))) {
 			list_del(&elem->list);
+			dp->reo_cmd_cache_flush_count--;
 			spin_unlock_bh(&dp->reo_cmd_lock);
 
 			ath11k_dp_reo_cache_flush(ab, &elem->data);