diff --git a/net/rmnet_data/rmnet_data_private.h b/net/rmnet_data/rmnet_data_private.h
index 7ddcad613208..2979234999ba 100644
--- a/net/rmnet_data/rmnet_data_private.h
+++ b/net/rmnet_data/rmnet_data_private.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #define RMNET_DATA_DFLT_PACKET_SIZE     1500
 #define RMNET_DATA_DEV_NAME_STR         "rmnet_data"
 #define RMNET_DATA_NEEDED_HEADROOM      16
+#define RMNET_DATA_TX_QUEUE_LEN         1000
 #define RMNET_ETHERNET_HEADER_LENGTH    14
 
 extern unsigned int rmnet_data_log_level;
diff --git a/net/rmnet_data/rmnet_data_vnd.c b/net/rmnet_data/rmnet_data_vnd.c
index 4bb97d72b4c8..1c6a950740ea 100644
--- a/net/rmnet_data/rmnet_data_vnd.c
+++ b/net/rmnet_data/rmnet_data_vnd.c
@@ -466,6 +466,7 @@ static void rmnet_vnd_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->needed_headroom = RMNET_DATA_NEEDED_HEADROOM;
 	random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
 	dev->watchdog_timeo = 1000;
+	dev->tx_queue_len = RMNET_DATA_TX_QUEUE_LEN;
 
 	/* Raw IP mode */
 	dev->header_ops = 0;  /* No header */