diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.h
index 1adcae4faccf..60bd9fe4b2d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt.h
@@ -1662,7 +1662,6 @@ struct ath10k_htt {
 	/* set if host-fw communication goes haywire
 	 * used to avoid further failures */
 	bool rx_confused;
-	struct tasklet_struct rx_replenish_task;
 	atomic_t num_mpdus_ready;
 
 	/* This is used to group tx/rx completions separately and process them
@@ -1737,7 +1736,7 @@ struct htt_rx_desc {
 
 /* Refill a bunch of RX buffers for each refill round so that FW/HW can handle
  * aggregated traffic more nicely. */
-#define ATH10K_HTT_MAX_NUM_REFILL 16
+#define ATH10K_HTT_MAX_NUM_REFILL 100
 
 /*
  * DMA_MAP expects the buffer to be an integral number of cache lines.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c
index ac16ce746afb..592421ec5635 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 /* when under memory pressure rx ring refill may fail and needs a retry */
 #define HTT_RX_RING_REFILL_RETRY_MS 50
 
+#define HTT_RX_RING_REFILL_RESCHED_MS 5
+
 static int ath10k_htt_rx_get_csum_state(struct sk_buff *skb);
 static void ath10k_htt_txrx_compl_task(unsigned long ptr);
 
@@ -192,7 +194,8 @@ static void ath10k_htt_rx_msdu_buff_replenish(struct ath10k_htt *htt)
 		mod_timer(&htt->rx_ring.refill_retry_timer, jiffies +
 			  msecs_to_jiffies(HTT_RX_RING_REFILL_RETRY_MS));
 	} else if (num_deficit > 0) {
-		tasklet_schedule(&htt->rx_replenish_task);
+		mod_timer(&htt->rx_ring.refill_retry_timer, jiffies +
+			  msecs_to_jiffies(HTT_RX_RING_REFILL_RESCHED_MS));
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&htt->rx_ring.lock);
 }
@@ -223,7 +226,6 @@ int ath10k_htt_rx_ring_refill(struct ath10k *ar)
 void ath10k_htt_rx_free(struct ath10k_htt *htt)
 {
 	del_timer_sync(&htt->rx_ring.refill_retry_timer);
-	tasklet_kill(&htt->rx_replenish_task);
 	tasklet_kill(&htt->txrx_compl_task);
 
 	skb_queue_purge(&htt->rx_compl_q);
@@ -380,13 +382,6 @@ static int ath10k_htt_rx_amsdu_pop(struct ath10k_htt *htt,
 	return msdu_chaining;
 }
 
-static void ath10k_htt_rx_replenish_task(unsigned long ptr)
-{
-	struct ath10k_htt *htt = (struct ath10k_htt *)ptr;
-
-	ath10k_htt_rx_msdu_buff_replenish(htt);
-}
-
 static struct sk_buff *ath10k_htt_rx_pop_paddr(struct ath10k_htt *htt,
 					       u32 paddr)
 {
@@ -520,9 +515,6 @@ int ath10k_htt_rx_alloc(struct ath10k_htt *htt)
 	htt->rx_ring.sw_rd_idx.msdu_payld = 0;
 	hash_init(htt->rx_ring.skb_table);
 
-	tasklet_init(&htt->rx_replenish_task, ath10k_htt_rx_replenish_task,
-		     (unsigned long)htt);
-
 	skb_queue_head_init(&htt->rx_compl_q);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&htt->rx_in_ord_compl_q);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&htt->tx_fetch_ind_q);
@@ -1912,8 +1904,7 @@ static void ath10k_htt_rx_in_ord_ind(struct ath10k *ar, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			return;
 		}
 	}
-
-	tasklet_schedule(&htt->rx_replenish_task);
+	ath10k_htt_rx_msdu_buff_replenish(htt);
 }
 
 static void ath10k_htt_rx_tx_fetch_resp_id_confirm(struct ath10k *ar,
@@ -2470,5 +2461,5 @@ static void ath10k_htt_txrx_compl_task(unsigned long ptr)
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 	}
 
-	tasklet_schedule(&htt->rx_replenish_task);
+	ath10k_htt_rx_msdu_buff_replenish(htt);
 }