diff --git a/common/netlink.cpp b/common/netlink.cpp
index 55cf79688..61bc639ad 100644
--- a/common/netlink.cpp
+++ b/common/netlink.cpp
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ NetLink::NetLink(int pri) :
     }
 
     nl_socket_set_nonblocking(m_socket);
-    /* Set socket buffer size to 3MB */
-    nl_socket_set_buffer_size(m_socket, 3145728, 0);
+    /* Set socket buffer size to 16MB */
+    nl_socket_set_buffer_size(m_socket, 16777216, 0);
 }
 
 NetLink::~NetLink()