diff --git a/README b/README
index 5452813449d2250a562de01341296e8f3f3d3d4b..d4799e222f55cb5c7035e077a5f97b0426148282 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1125,6 +1125,9 @@ The following options need to be configured:
 				May be defined to allow interrupt polling
 				instead of using asynchronous interrupts
 
+		CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
+		txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
+
 - USB Device:
 		Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
 		Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c
index ef5afc22b04c5f25f322d6897c9aad8e60c4e80d..b6422d7d7aafd0f7b187342ae01212275d97a1e8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c
@@ -255,6 +255,13 @@ static int ehci_reset(void)
 #endif
 		ehci_writel(reg_ptr, tmp);
 	}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH
+	cmd = ehci_readl(&hcor->or_txfilltuning);
+	cmd &= ~TXFIFO_THRESH(0x3f);
+	cmd |= TXFIFO_THRESH(CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH);
+	ehci_writel(&hcor->or_txfilltuning, cmd);
+#endif
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci.h b/drivers/usb/host/ehci.h
index 3d0ad0c85212f1caf05c7192953cd02df2619e8c..cc00ce428b8ad34ac3f760fafc3810a765cac98d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci.h
@@ -80,7 +80,11 @@ struct ehci_hcor {
 	uint32_t or_ctrldssegment;
 	uint32_t or_periodiclistbase;
 	uint32_t or_asynclistaddr;
-	uint32_t _reserved_[9];
+	uint32_t _reserved_0_;
+	uint32_t or_burstsize;
+	uint32_t or_txfilltuning;
+#define TXFIFO_THRESH(p)		((p & 0x3f) << 16)
+	uint32_t _reserved_1_[6];
 	uint32_t or_configflag;
 #define FLAG_CF		(1 << 0)	/* true:  we'll support "high speed" */
 	uint32_t or_portsc[CONFIG_SYS_USB_EHCI_MAX_ROOT_PORTS];