diff --git a/input/dpdk.h b/input/dpdk.h
index c6987cd29..d8d297520 100644
--- a/input/dpdk.h
+++ b/input/dpdk.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ namespace ipxp {
 class DpdkOptParser : public OptionsParser {
 private:
     static constexpr size_t DEFAULT_MBUF_BURST_SIZE = 64;
-    static constexpr size_t DEFAULT_MBUF_POOL_SIZE = 4096;
+    static constexpr size_t DEFAULT_MBUF_POOL_SIZE = 8192;
     size_t pkt_buffer_size_;
     size_t pkt_mempool_size_;
     std::vector<uint16_t> port_numbers_;
diff --git a/input/dpdk/dpdkDevice.cpp b/input/dpdk/dpdkDevice.cpp
index cf3a6df5b..24dde1474 100644
--- a/input/dpdk/dpdkDevice.cpp
+++ b/input/dpdk/dpdkDevice.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include "dpdkDevice.hpp"
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <chrono>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -192,11 +193,13 @@ void DpdkDevice::initMemPools(uint16_t memPoolSize)
 
 void DpdkDevice::setupRxQueues(uint16_t memPoolSize)
 {
+	const uint16_t rxQueueSize = std::max(memPoolSize / 2, 1);
+
 	for (uint16_t rxQueueID = 0; rxQueueID < m_rxQueueCount; rxQueueID++) {
 		int ret = rte_eth_rx_queue_setup(
 			m_portID,
 			rxQueueID,
-			memPoolSize,
+			rxQueueSize,
 			rte_eth_dev_socket_id(m_portID),
 			nullptr,
 			m_memPools[rxQueueID]);
@@ -206,6 +209,9 @@ void DpdkDevice::setupRxQueues(uint16_t memPoolSize)
 				+ std::to_string(m_portID));
 		}
 	}
+
+	std::cerr << "DPDK RX queues for port " << m_portID << " set up. Size of each queue: "
+			  << rxQueueSize << std::endl;
 }
 
 void DpdkDevice::configureRSS()