diff --git a/init.hardware.rc b/init.hardware.rc
index 3becc089..369958eb 100644
--- a/init.hardware.rc
+++ b/init.hardware.rc
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ on boot
     # Assign TCP buffer thresholds to be ceiling value of technology maximums
     # Increased technology maximums should be reflected here.
     write /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max  8388608
+    write /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max  8388608
 
     # Update DVR cpusets to boot-time values.
     write /dev/cpuset/kernel/cpus 0-7