diff --git a/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c b/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c
index 19201b3710c..6bb5532df96 100644
--- a/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c
+++ b/sys/dev/bge/if_bge.c
@@ -1083,9 +1083,9 @@ bge_blockinit(sc)
 	CSR_WRITE_4(sc, BGE_BMAN_DMA_DESCPOOL_LEN, 0x2000);
 
 	/* Configure mbuf pool watermarks */
-	CSR_WRITE_4(sc, BGE_BMAN_MBUFPOOL_READDMA_LOWAT, 24);
-	CSR_WRITE_4(sc, BGE_BMAN_MBUFPOOL_MACRX_LOWAT, 24);
-	CSR_WRITE_4(sc, BGE_BMAN_MBUFPOOL_HIWAT, 48);
+	CSR_WRITE_4(sc, BGE_BMAN_MBUFPOOL_READDMA_LOWAT, 0x50);
+	CSR_WRITE_4(sc, BGE_BMAN_MBUFPOOL_MACRX_LOWAT, 0x20);
+	CSR_WRITE_4(sc, BGE_BMAN_MBUFPOOL_HIWAT, 0x60);
 
 	/* Configure DMA resource watermarks */
 	CSR_WRITE_4(sc, BGE_BMAN_DMA_DESCPOOL_LOWAT, 5);