diff --git a/src/iperf.h b/src/iperf.h
index a6052737a..b7f4575a9 100644
--- a/src/iperf.h
+++ b/src/iperf.h
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ extern int gerror; /* error value from getaddrinfo(3), for use in internal error
 /* In Reverse mode, maximum number of packets to wait for "accept" response - to handle out of order packets */
 #define MAX_REVERSE_OUT_OF_ORDER_PACKETS 2
 
+#define GSO_MAX_DG_IN_BF (1 << 7UL) // 128 - the Linux Kernel limit hardcoded as `UDP_MAX_SEGMENTS (1 << 7UL)` in `udpgso.c`
 #define GSO_BF_MAX_SIZE MAX_UDP_BLOCKSIZE
 #define GRO_BF_MAX_SIZE MAX_UDP_BLOCKSIZE
 
diff --git a/src/iperf_client_api.c b/src/iperf_client_api.c
index 165193ba6..03d1fc7b3 100644
--- a/src/iperf_client_api.c
+++ b/src/iperf_client_api.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ iperf_handle_message_client(struct iperf_test *test)
 int
 iperf_connect(struct iperf_test *test)
 {
-    int opt;
+    int opt, n;
     socklen_t len;
 
     if (NULL == test)
@@ -526,7 +526,11 @@ iperf_connect(struct iperf_test *test)
 	    test->settings->gso_dg_size = test->settings->blksize;
 	    /* use the multiple of datagram size for the best efficiency. */
 	    if (test->settings->gso_dg_size > 0) {
-		test->settings->gso_bf_size = (test->settings->gso_bf_size / test->settings->gso_dg_size) * test->settings->gso_dg_size;
+                n = test->settings->gso_bf_size / test->settings->gso_dg_size;
+                if (n > GSO_MAX_DG_IN_BF) {
+                    n = GSO_MAX_DG_IN_BF;
+                }
+		test->settings->gso_bf_size = n * test->settings->gso_dg_size;
 	    } else {
 		/* If gso_dg_size is 0 (unlimited bandwidth), use default UDP datagram size */
 		test->settings->gso_dg_size = DEFAULT_UDP_BLKSIZE;