diff --git a/components/esp32/Kconfig b/components/esp32/Kconfig
index 1b219cf2eb..e5b65fba9e 100644
--- a/components/esp32/Kconfig
+++ b/components/esp32/Kconfig
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ config ESP32_WIFI_STATIC_TX_BUFFER_NUM
     int "Max number of WiFi static TX buffers"
     depends on ESP32_WIFI_STATIC_TX_BUFFER
     range 6 64
-    default 32
+    default 16
     help
         Set the number of WiFi static TX buffers. Each buffer takes approximately 1.6KB of RAM.
         The static RX buffers are allocated when esp_wifi_init() is called, they are not released
@@ -1009,4 +1009,4 @@ config PM_TRACE
 		applications.
 	
 
-endmenu # "Power Management"
\ No newline at end of file
+endmenu # "Power Management"