diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_defs.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_defs.h
index 51124cdcc5..b52f7dcbe6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_defs.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_defs.h
@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@
 #define MLX5_VPMD_MIN_TXQS 4
 
 /* Threshold of buffer replenishment for vectorized Rx. */
-#define MLX5_VPMD_RXQ_RPLNSH_THRESH   64U
+#define MLX5_VPMD_RXQ_RPLNSH_THRESH(n) \
+	(RTE_MIN(MLX5_VPMD_RX_MAX_BURST, (unsigned int)(n) >> 2))
 
 /* Maximum size of burst for vectorized Rx. */
-#define MLX5_VPMD_RX_MAX_BURST        MLX5_VPMD_RXQ_RPLNSH_THRESH
+#define MLX5_VPMD_RX_MAX_BURST 64U
 
 /*
  * Maximum size of burst for vectorized Tx. This is related to the maximum size
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec.h
index 598dc7519b..fb884f92fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec.h
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ mlx5_rx_replenish_bulk_mbuf(struct mlx5_rxq_data *rxq, uint16_t n)
 		&((volatile struct mlx5_wqe_data_seg *)rxq->wqes)[elts_idx];
 	unsigned int i;
 
-	assert(n >= MLX5_VPMD_RXQ_RPLNSH_THRESH);
+	assert(n >= MLX5_VPMD_RXQ_RPLNSH_THRESH(q_n));
 	assert(n <= (uint16_t)(q_n - (rxq->rq_ci - rxq->rq_pi)));
-	assert(MLX5_VPMD_RXQ_RPLNSH_THRESH > MLX5_VPMD_DESCS_PER_LOOP);
+	assert(MLX5_VPMD_RXQ_RPLNSH_THRESH(q_n) > MLX5_VPMD_DESCS_PER_LOOP);
 	/* Not to cross queue end. */
 	n = RTE_MIN(n - MLX5_VPMD_DESCS_PER_LOOP, q_n - elts_idx);
 	if (rte_mempool_get_bulk(rxq->mp, (void *)elts, n) < 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_neon.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_neon.h
index 71a5eaf23e..3ebf34823e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_neon.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_neon.h
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ rxq_burst_v(struct mlx5_rxq_data *rxq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n,
 	 *   N - (rq_ci - rq_pi) := # of buffers consumed (to be replenished).
 	 */
 	repl_n = q_n - (rxq->rq_ci - rxq->rq_pi);
-	if (repl_n >= MLX5_VPMD_RXQ_RPLNSH_THRESH)
+	if (repl_n >= MLX5_VPMD_RXQ_RPLNSH_THRESH(q_n))
 		mlx5_rx_replenish_bulk_mbuf(rxq, repl_n);
 	/* See if there're unreturned mbufs from compressed CQE. */
 	rcvd_pkt = rxq->cq_ci - rxq->rq_pi;
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_sse.h b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_sse.h
index 3e985d61d5..f0d8888310 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_sse.h
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx_vec_sse.h
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ rxq_burst_v(struct mlx5_rxq_data *rxq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n,
 	 *   N - (rq_ci - rq_pi) := # of buffers consumed (to be replenished).
 	 */
 	repl_n = q_n - (rxq->rq_ci - rxq->rq_pi);
-	if (repl_n >= MLX5_VPMD_RXQ_RPLNSH_THRESH)
+	if (repl_n >= MLX5_VPMD_RXQ_RPLNSH_THRESH(q_n))
 		mlx5_rx_replenish_bulk_mbuf(rxq, repl_n);
 	/* See if there're unreturned mbufs from compressed CQE. */
 	rcvd_pkt = rxq->cq_ci - rxq->rq_pi;