diff --git a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
index e07b056af3be..1551493197b4 100644
--- a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static unsigned long max_mw_size;
 module_param(max_mw_size, ulong, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_mw_size, "Limit size of large memory windows");
 
-static unsigned int transport_mtu = 0x401E;
+static unsigned int transport_mtu = 0x10000;
 module_param(transport_mtu, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(transport_mtu, "Maximum size of NTB transport packets");