diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
index f4b439847d04044e0462feffef9fb741d0abebed..bb53abe1f3a1755e469054d90bb6008d6d79938c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
@@ -492,10 +492,18 @@ static void cdc_ncm_fix_modulus(struct usbnet *dev)
 static int cdc_ncm_setup(struct usbnet *dev)
 {
 	struct cdc_ncm_ctx *ctx = (struct cdc_ncm_ctx *)dev->data[0];
+	u32 def_rx, def_tx;
+
+	/* be conservative when selecting intial buffer size to
+	 * increase the number of hosts this will work for
+	 */
+	def_rx = min_t(u32, CDC_NCM_NTB_DEF_SIZE_RX,
+		       le32_to_cpu(ctx->ncm_parm.dwNtbInMaxSize));
+	def_tx = min_t(u32, CDC_NCM_NTB_DEF_SIZE_TX,
+		       le32_to_cpu(ctx->ncm_parm.dwNtbOutMaxSize));
 
 	/* clamp rx_max and tx_max and inform device */
-	cdc_ncm_update_rxtx_max(dev, le32_to_cpu(ctx->ncm_parm.dwNtbInMaxSize),
-				le32_to_cpu(ctx->ncm_parm.dwNtbOutMaxSize));
+	cdc_ncm_update_rxtx_max(dev, def_rx, def_tx);
 
 	/* sanitize the modulus and remainder values */
 	cdc_ncm_fix_modulus(dev);
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/cdc_ncm.h b/include/linux/usb/cdc_ncm.h
index 88d2d7f1820f8ecb11ad6e1b5a3352ad791cbd86..cde506731c48786ac9c339dcefce30f8d84f6b29 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/cdc_ncm.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/cdc_ncm.h
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
 #define	CDC_NCM_NTB_MAX_SIZE_TX			32768	/* bytes */
 #define	CDC_NCM_NTB_MAX_SIZE_RX			32768	/* bytes */
 
+/* Initial NTB length */
+#define	CDC_NCM_NTB_DEF_SIZE_TX			16384	/* bytes */
+#define	CDC_NCM_NTB_DEF_SIZE_RX			16384	/* bytes */
+
 /* Minimum value for MaxDatagramSize, ch. 6.2.9 */
 #define	CDC_NCM_MIN_DATAGRAM_SIZE		1514	/* bytes */