diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/dma.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/dma.c
index 586e247a1e06..04c9fd0e6b00 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/dma.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/dma.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ int mt7996_dma_init(struct mt7996_dev *dev)
 	ret = mt76_queue_alloc(dev, &dev->mt76.q_rx[MT_RXQ_MCU],
 			       MT_RXQ_ID(MT_RXQ_MCU),
 			       MT7996_RX_MCU_RING_SIZE,
-			       MT_RX_BUF_SIZE,
+			       MT7996_RX_MCU_BUF_SIZE,
 			       MT_RXQ_RING_BASE(MT_RXQ_MCU));
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ int mt7996_dma_init(struct mt7996_dev *dev)
 	ret = mt76_queue_alloc(dev, &dev->mt76.q_rx[MT_RXQ_MCU_WA],
 			       MT_RXQ_ID(MT_RXQ_MCU_WA),
 			       MT7996_RX_MCU_RING_SIZE_WA,
-			       MT_RX_BUF_SIZE,
+			       MT7996_RX_MCU_BUF_SIZE,
 			       MT_RXQ_RING_BASE(MT_RXQ_MCU_WA));
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mt7996.h b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mt7996.h
index 25bb36561231..7d2074e2b635 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mt7996.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt76/mt7996/mt7996.h
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 #define MT7996_RX_RING_SIZE		1536
 #define MT7996_RX_MCU_RING_SIZE		512
 #define MT7996_RX_MCU_RING_SIZE_WA	1024
+/* scatter-gather of mcu event is not supported in connac3 */
+#define MT7996_RX_MCU_BUF_SIZE		(2048 + \
+					 SKB_DATA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct skb_shared_info)))
 
 #define MT7996_FIRMWARE_WA		"mediatek/mt7996/mt7996_wa.bin"
 #define MT7996_FIRMWARE_WM		"mediatek/mt7996/mt7996_wm.bin"