diff --git a/sys/dev/axgbe/if_axgbe_pci.c b/sys/dev/axgbe/if_axgbe_pci.c
index 194dc0c64e1..0a869f908c6 100644
--- a/sys/dev/axgbe/if_axgbe_pci.c
+++ b/sys/dev/axgbe/if_axgbe_pci.c
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ xgbe_default_config(struct xgbe_prv_data *pdata)
         pdata->tx_sf_mode = MTL_TSF_ENABLE;
         pdata->tx_threshold = MTL_TX_THRESHOLD_64;
         pdata->tx_osp_mode = DMA_OSP_ENABLE;
-        pdata->rx_sf_mode = MTL_RSF_DISABLE;
+        pdata->rx_sf_mode = MTL_RSF_ENABLE;
         pdata->rx_threshold = MTL_RX_THRESHOLD_64;
         pdata->pause_autoneg = 1;
         pdata->phy_speed = SPEED_UNKNOWN;