diff --git a/ompi/mca/btl/openib/mca-btl-openib-hca-params.ini b/ompi/mca/btl/openib/mca-btl-openib-hca-params.ini
index f41f8c8704..50ba4384ae 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/btl/openib/mca-btl-openib-hca-params.ini
+++ b/ompi/mca/btl/openib/mca-btl-openib-hca-params.ini
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ vendor_id = 0x4040
 vendor_part_id = 0x0001,0x0002,0x0003,0x0004,0x0005,0x0024,0x0025,0x0100
 use_eager_rdma = 1
 mtu = 2048
-receive_queues = P,65536,256,192,128
+receive_queues = P,65536,248,192,128
 
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