diff --git a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev.c
index 9dd0d9c..eb5879b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev.c
@@ -2501,12 +2501,14 @@ hns3_dev_infos_get(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *info)
 	};
 
 	info->default_rxconf = (struct rte_eth_rxconf) {
+		.rx_free_thresh = HNS3_DEFAULT_RX_FREE_THRESH,
 		/*
 		 * If there are no available Rx buffer descriptors, incoming
 		 * packets are always dropped by hardware based on hns3 network
 		 * engine.
 		 */
 		.rx_drop_en = 1,
+		.offloads = 0,
 	};
 
 	info->vmdq_queue_num = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev_vf.c b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev_vf.c
index 7fd0e6a..7226cc5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev_vf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_ethdev_vf.c
@@ -944,12 +944,14 @@ hns3vf_dev_infos_get(struct rte_eth_dev *eth_dev, struct rte_eth_dev_info *info)
 	};
 
 	info->default_rxconf = (struct rte_eth_rxconf) {
+		.rx_free_thresh = HNS3_DEFAULT_RX_FREE_THRESH,
 		/*
 		 * If there are no available Rx buffer descriptors, incoming
 		 * packets are always dropped by hardware based on hns3 network
 		 * engine.
 		 */
 		.rx_drop_en = 1,
+		.offloads = 0,
 	};
 
 	info->vmdq_queue_num = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_rxtx.c
index 308d0a6..fe2a7a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_rxtx.c
@@ -652,8 +652,7 @@ hns3_dev_rx_queue_start(struct hns3_adapter *hns, uint16_t idx)
 	}
 
 	rxq->next_to_use = 0;
-	rxq->next_to_clean = 0;
-	rxq->nb_rx_hold = 0;
+	rxq->rx_free_hold = 0;
 	hns3_init_rx_queue_hw(rxq);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -667,8 +666,7 @@ hns3_fake_rx_queue_start(struct hns3_adapter *hns, uint16_t idx)
 
 	rxq = (struct hns3_rx_queue *)hw->fkq_data.rx_queues[idx];
 	rxq->next_to_use = 0;
-	rxq->next_to_clean = 0;
-	rxq->nb_rx_hold = 0;
+	rxq->rx_free_hold = 0;
 	hns3_init_rx_queue_hw(rxq);
 }
 
@@ -1303,10 +1301,8 @@ hns3_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t nb_desc,
 
 	rxq->hns = hns;
 	rxq->mb_pool = mp;
-	if (conf->rx_free_thresh <= 0)
-		rxq->rx_free_thresh = DEFAULT_RX_FREE_THRESH;
-	else
-		rxq->rx_free_thresh = conf->rx_free_thresh;
+	rxq->rx_free_thresh = (conf->rx_free_thresh > 0) ?
+		conf->rx_free_thresh : HNS3_DEFAULT_RX_FREE_THRESH;
 	rxq->rx_deferred_start = conf->rx_deferred_start;
 
 	rx_entry_len = sizeof(struct hns3_entry) * rxq->nb_rx_desc;
@@ -1319,8 +1315,7 @@ hns3_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t idx, uint16_t nb_desc,
 	}
 
 	rxq->next_to_use = 0;
-	rxq->next_to_clean = 0;
-	rxq->nb_rx_hold = 0;
+	rxq->rx_free_hold = 0;
 	rxq->pkt_first_seg = NULL;
 	rxq->pkt_last_seg = NULL;
 	rxq->port_id = dev->data->port_id;
@@ -1656,11 +1651,11 @@ hns3_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 	nb_rx_bd = 0;
 	rxq = rx_queue;
 
-	rx_id = rxq->next_to_clean;
+	rx_id = rxq->next_to_use;
 	rx_ring = rxq->rx_ring;
+	sw_ring = rxq->sw_ring;
 	first_seg = rxq->pkt_first_seg;
 	last_seg = rxq->pkt_last_seg;
-	sw_ring = rxq->sw_ring;
 
 	while (nb_rx < nb_pkts) {
 		rxdp = &rx_ring[rx_id];
@@ -1843,16 +1838,15 @@ hns3_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 		first_seg = NULL;
 	}
 
-	rxq->next_to_clean = rx_id;
+	rxq->next_to_use = rx_id;
 	rxq->pkt_first_seg = first_seg;
 	rxq->pkt_last_seg = last_seg;
 
-	nb_rx_bd = nb_rx_bd + rxq->nb_rx_hold;
-	if (nb_rx_bd > rxq->rx_free_thresh) {
-		hns3_clean_rx_buffers(rxq, nb_rx_bd);
-		nb_rx_bd = 0;
+	rxq->rx_free_hold += nb_rx_bd;
+	if (rxq->rx_free_hold > rxq->rx_free_thresh) {
+		hns3_clean_rx_buffers(rxq, rxq->rx_free_hold);
+		rxq->rx_free_hold = 0;
 	}
-	rxq->nb_rx_hold = nb_rx_bd;
 
 	return nb_rx;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_rxtx.h b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_rxtx.h
index 4b3269b..a2d6514 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_rxtx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/hns3/hns3_rxtx.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #define HNS3_DEFAULT_RING_DESC  1024
 #define	HNS3_ALIGN_RING_DESC	32
 #define HNS3_RING_BASE_ALIGN	128
+#define HNS3_DEFAULT_RX_FREE_THRESH	32
 
 #define HNS3_512_BD_BUF_SIZE	512
 #define HNS3_1K_BD_BUF_SIZE	1024
@@ -243,12 +244,14 @@ struct hns3_rx_queue {
 	uint16_t queue_id;
 	uint16_t port_id;
 	uint16_t nb_rx_desc;
-	uint16_t nb_rx_hold;
-	uint16_t rx_tail;
-	uint16_t next_to_clean;
 	uint16_t next_to_use;
 	uint16_t rx_buf_len;
+	/*
+	 * threshold for the number of BDs waited to passed to hardware. If the
+	 * number exceeds the threshold, driver will pass these BDs to hardware.
+	 */
 	uint16_t rx_free_thresh;
+	uint16_t rx_free_hold;   /* num of BDs waited to passed to hardware */
 
 	/*
 	 * port based vlan configuration state.
