diff --git a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_main.c b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_main.c
index 4f4a22cd2e..ef2c452616 100644
--- a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_main.c
+++ b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_main.c
@@ -11333,7 +11333,7 @@ static void dp_cfr_filter(struct cdp_soc_t *soc_hdl,
 				    soc->rxdma_mon_status_ring[mac_id]
 				    .hal_srng,
 				    RXDMA_MONITOR_STATUS,
-				    RX_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE,
+				    RX_MON_STATUS_BUF_SIZE,
 				    &htt_tlv_filter);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_mon_filter.c b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_mon_filter.c
index 22c2ed91a4..0aa389c24b 100644
--- a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_mon_filter.c
+++ b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_mon_filter.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ dp_mon_ht2_rx_ring_cfg(struct dp_soc *soc,
 			hal_ring_hdl =
 				soc->rxdma_mon_status_ring[lmac_id].hal_srng;
 			hal_ring_type = RXDMA_MONITOR_STATUS;
-			ring_buf_size = RX_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE;
+			ring_buf_size = RX_MON_STATUS_BUF_SIZE;
 			break;
 
 		case DP_MON_FILTER_SRNG_TYPE_RXDMA_MON_BUF:
diff --git a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_rx.c b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_rx.c
index 38990afac4..ed1784f45c 100644
--- a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_rx.c
+++ b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_rx.c
@@ -3225,66 +3225,6 @@ dp_rx_pdev_buffers_free(struct dp_pdev *pdev)
 	dp_rx_buffer_pool_deinit(soc, mac_for_pdev);
 }
 
-/*
- * dp_rx_nbuf_prepare() - prepare RX nbuf
- * @soc: core txrx main context
- * @pdev: core txrx pdev context
- *
- * This function alloc & map nbuf for RX dma usage, retry it if failed
- * until retry times reaches max threshold or succeeded.
- *
- * Return: qdf_nbuf_t pointer if succeeded, NULL if failed.
- */
-qdf_nbuf_t
-dp_rx_nbuf_prepare(struct dp_soc *soc, struct dp_pdev *pdev)
-{
-	uint8_t *buf;
-	int32_t nbuf_retry_count;
-	QDF_STATUS ret;
-	qdf_nbuf_t nbuf = NULL;
-
-	for (nbuf_retry_count = 0; nbuf_retry_count <
-		QDF_NBUF_ALLOC_MAP_RETRY_THRESHOLD;
-			nbuf_retry_count++) {
-		/* Allocate a new skb */
-		nbuf = qdf_nbuf_alloc(soc->osdev,
-					RX_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE,
-					RX_BUFFER_RESERVATION,
-					RX_DATA_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT,
-					FALSE);
-
-		if (!nbuf) {
-			DP_STATS_INC(pdev,
-				replenish.nbuf_alloc_fail, 1);
-			continue;
-		}
-
-		buf = qdf_nbuf_data(nbuf);
-
-		memset(buf, 0, RX_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE);
-
-		ret = qdf_nbuf_map_nbytes_single(soc->osdev, nbuf,
-						 QDF_DMA_FROM_DEVICE,
-						 RX_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE);
-
-		/* nbuf map failed */
-		if (qdf_unlikely(QDF_IS_STATUS_ERROR(ret))) {
-			qdf_nbuf_free(nbuf);
-			DP_STATS_INC(pdev, replenish.map_err, 1);
-			continue;
-		}
-		/* qdf_nbuf alloc and map succeeded */
-		break;
-	}
-
-	/* qdf_nbuf still alloc or map failed */
-	if (qdf_unlikely(nbuf_retry_count >=
-			QDF_NBUF_ALLOC_MAP_RETRY_THRESHOLD))
-		return NULL;
-
-	return nbuf;
-}
-
 #ifdef DP_RX_SPECIAL_FRAME_NEED
 bool dp_rx_deliver_special_frame(struct dp_soc *soc, struct dp_peer *peer,
 				 qdf_nbuf_t nbuf, uint32_t frame_mask,
diff --git a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_rx.h b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_rx.h
index b596ec425c..ffa449c596 100644
--- a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_rx.h
+++ b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_rx.h
@@ -1256,9 +1256,6 @@ QDF_STATUS dp_rx_filter_mesh_packets(struct dp_vdev *vdev, qdf_nbuf_t nbuf,
 int dp_wds_rx_policy_check(uint8_t *rx_tlv_hdr, struct dp_vdev *vdev,
 			   struct dp_peer *peer);
 
-qdf_nbuf_t
-dp_rx_nbuf_prepare(struct dp_soc *soc, struct dp_pdev *pdev);
-
 /*
  * dp_rx_dump_info_and_assert() - dump RX Ring info and Rx Desc info
  *
diff --git a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_rx_mon_status.c b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_rx_mon_status.c
index d712f2eeff..35afe16ad2 100644
--- a/dp/wifi3.0/dp_rx_mon_status.c
+++ b/dp/wifi3.0/dp_rx_mon_status.c
@@ -1640,7 +1640,7 @@ dp_rx_mon_status_process_tlv(struct dp_soc *soc, struct dp_intr *int_ctx,
 				rx_tlv = hal_rx_status_get_next_tlv(rx_tlv);
 
 				if ((rx_tlv - rx_tlv_start) >=
-					RX_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE)
+					RX_MON_STATUS_BUF_SIZE)
 					break;
 
 			} while ((tlv_status == HAL_TLV_STATUS_PPDU_NOT_DONE) ||
@@ -1732,6 +1732,63 @@ dp_rx_mon_status_process_tlv(struct dp_soc *soc, struct dp_intr *int_ctx,
 	return;
 }
 
+/*
+ * dp_rx_nbuf_prepare() - prepare RX nbuf
+ * @soc: core txrx main context
+ * @pdev: core txrx pdev context
+ *
+ * This function alloc & map nbuf for RX dma usage, retry it if failed
+ * until retry times reaches max threshold or succeeded.
+ *
+ * Return: qdf_nbuf_t pointer if succeeded, NULL if failed.
+ */
+static inline qdf_nbuf_t
+dp_rx_nbuf_prepare(struct dp_soc *soc, struct dp_pdev *pdev)
+{
+	uint8_t *buf;
+	int32_t nbuf_retry_count;
+	QDF_STATUS ret;
+	qdf_nbuf_t nbuf = NULL;
+
+	for (nbuf_retry_count = 0; nbuf_retry_count <
+		QDF_NBUF_ALLOC_MAP_RETRY_THRESHOLD;
+			nbuf_retry_count++) {
+		/* Allocate a new skb using alloc_skb */
+		nbuf = qdf_nbuf_alloc_no_recycler(RX_MON_STATUS_BUF_SIZE,
+						  RX_BUFFER_RESERVATION,
+						  RX_DATA_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT);
+
+		if (!nbuf) {
+			DP_STATS_INC(pdev, replenish.nbuf_alloc_fail, 1);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		buf = qdf_nbuf_data(nbuf);
+
+		memset(buf, 0, RX_MON_STATUS_BUF_SIZE);
+
+		ret = qdf_nbuf_map_nbytes_single(soc->osdev, nbuf,
+						 QDF_DMA_FROM_DEVICE,
+						 RX_MON_STATUS_BUF_SIZE);
+
+		/* nbuf map failed */
+		if (qdf_unlikely(QDF_IS_STATUS_ERROR(ret))) {
+			qdf_nbuf_free(nbuf);
+			DP_STATS_INC(pdev, replenish.map_err, 1);
+			continue;
+		}
+		/* qdf_nbuf alloc and map succeeded */
+		break;
+	}
+
+	/* qdf_nbuf still alloc or map failed */
+	if (qdf_unlikely(nbuf_retry_count >=
+			QDF_NBUF_ALLOC_MAP_RETRY_THRESHOLD))
+		return NULL;
+
+	return nbuf;
+}
+
 /*
  * dp_rx_mon_status_srng_process() - Process monitor status ring
  *	post the status ring buffer to Rx status Queue for later
@@ -1844,7 +1901,8 @@ dp_rx_mon_status_srng_process(struct dp_soc *soc, struct dp_intr *int_ctx,
 				 */
 				break;
 			}
-			qdf_nbuf_set_pktlen(status_nbuf, RX_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE);
+			qdf_nbuf_set_pktlen(status_nbuf,
+					    RX_MON_STATUS_BUF_SIZE);
 
 			qdf_nbuf_unmap_nbytes_single(soc->osdev, status_nbuf,
 						     QDF_DMA_FROM_DEVICE,
@@ -2027,7 +2085,7 @@ dp_rx_pdev_mon_status_desc_pool_init(struct dp_pdev *pdev, uint32_t mac_id)
 		 pdev_id, num_entries);
 
 	rx_desc_pool->owner = HAL_RX_BUF_RBM_SW3_BM;
-	rx_desc_pool->buf_size = RX_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE;
+	rx_desc_pool->buf_size = RX_MON_STATUS_BUF_SIZE;
 	rx_desc_pool->buf_alignment = RX_DATA_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT;
 	/* Disable frag processing flag */
 	dp_rx_enable_mon_dest_frag(rx_desc_pool, false);
diff --git a/hal/wifi3.0/hal_rx.h b/hal/wifi3.0/hal_rx.h
index f8486134ac..09c7286ecf 100644
--- a/hal/wifi3.0/hal_rx.h
+++ b/hal/wifi3.0/hal_rx.h
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@
 #define RX_MONITOR_BUFFER_SIZE  2048
 #endif
 
+/* MONITOR STATUS BUFFER SIZE = 1536 data bytes, buffer allocation of 2k bytes
+ * including skb shared info and buffer alignment.
+ */
+#define RX_MON_STATUS_BASE_BUF_SIZE    2048
+#define RX_MON_STATUS_BUF_ALIGN  128
+#define RX_MON_STATUS_BUF_SIZE  (RX_MON_STATUS_BASE_BUF_SIZE - \
+				 RX_MON_STATUS_BUF_ALIGN - QDF_SHINFO_SIZE)
+
 /* HAL_RX_NON_QOS_TID = NON_QOS_TID which is 16 */
 #define HAL_RX_NON_QOS_TID 16