diff --git a/sys/dev/mlx4/mlx4_en/mlx4_en_rx.c b/sys/dev/mlx4/mlx4_en/mlx4_en_rx.c
index 38c0320db41..05bf7b41467 100644
--- a/sys/dev/mlx4/mlx4_en/mlx4_en_rx.c
+++ b/sys/dev/mlx4/mlx4_en/mlx4_en_rx.c
@@ -394,8 +394,14 @@ int mlx4_en_activate_rx_rings(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv)
                 ring->rx_mb_size = priv->rx_mb_size;
 
 		ring->stride = stride;
-		if (ring->stride <= TXBB_SIZE)
+		if (ring->stride <= TXBB_SIZE) {
+			/* Stamp first unused send wqe */
+			__be32 *ptr = (__be32 *)ring->buf;
+			__be32 stamp = cpu_to_be32(1 << STAMP_SHIFT);
+			*ptr = stamp;
+			/* Move pointer to start of rx section */	
 			ring->buf += TXBB_SIZE;
+		}
 
 		ring->log_stride = ffs(ring->stride) - 1;
 		ring->buf_size = ring->size * ring->stride;