diff --git a/drivers/net/typhoon.c b/drivers/net/typhoon.c
index e6c46f2f41a0ddcc8cc458627c23f5810079545d..c5b24dab07e2b878cd3e11e47821a3c44487c9af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/typhoon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/typhoon.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 /* Set the copy breakpoint for the copy-only-tiny-frames scheme.
  * Setting to > 1518 effectively disables this feature.
  */
-static int rx_copybreak = 0;
+static int rx_copybreak = 200;
 
 /* end user-configurable values */