diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.h
index 19c284975fc7..7feadb3e1eda 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/cm.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #define TCP_OPTIONS_PADDING	3
 
 #define IRDMA_DEFAULT_RETRYS	64
-#define IRDMA_DEFAULT_RETRANS	8
+#define IRDMA_DEFAULT_RETRANS	32
 #define IRDMA_DEFAULT_TTL		0x40
 #define IRDMA_DEFAULT_RTT_VAR		6
 #define IRDMA_DEFAULT_SS_THRESH		0x3fffffff