1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
index ca63fa000ee7..babc79ad490b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibm_newemac/core.c
@@ -1636,6 +1636,12 @@ static int emac_poll_rx(void *param, int budget)
                         goto next;
                 }
 
+                if (len < ETH_HLEN) {
+                        ++dev->estats.rx_dropped_stack;
+                        emac_recycle_rx_skb(dev, slot, len);
+                        goto next;
+                }
+
                 if (len && len < EMAC_RX_COPY_THRESH) {
                         struct sk_buff *copy_skb =
                             alloc_skb(len + EMAC_RX_SKB_HEADROOM + 2, GFP_ATOMIC);