diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xdpxceiver.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xdpxceiver.c
index 8ff24472ef1ec8e4bf420537598b7748bdb08624..bc7d6bbbb8675968c8ccb8b4993071596aca6bf0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xdpxceiver.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xdpxceiver.c
@@ -637,6 +637,7 @@ static void tx_only_all(struct ifobject *ifobject)
 
 		tx_only(ifobject->xsk, &frame_nb, batch_size);
 		pkt_cnt += batch_size;
+		usleep(10);
 	}
 
 	complete_tx_only_all(ifobject);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xdpxceiver.h b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xdpxceiver.h
index 0fb657b505ae9cca5ec9e9092d15987c75be20be..1c5457e9f1d66cd2614d2d220908870672922779 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xdpxceiver.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/xdpxceiver.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #define UDP_PKT_DATA_SIZE (UDP_PKT_SIZE - sizeof(struct udphdr))
 #define USLEEP_MAX 10000
 #define SOCK_RECONF_CTR 10
-#define BATCH_SIZE 64
+#define BATCH_SIZE 8
 #define POLL_TMOUT 1000
 #define DEFAULT_PKT_CNT (4 * 1024)
 #define RX_FULL_RXQSIZE 32