1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
index cc94412ddf89..a50db5398fa5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -1834,11 +1834,11 @@ static void igb_setup_rctl(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
         rctl |= E1000_RCTL_SECRC;
 
         /*
-         * disable store bad packets, long packet enable, and clear size bits.
+         * disable store bad packets and clear size bits.
          */
-        rctl &= ~(E1000_RCTL_SBP | E1000_RCTL_LPE | E1000_RCTL_SZ_256);
+        rctl &= ~(E1000_RCTL_SBP | E1000_RCTL_SZ_256);
 
-        if (adapter->netdev->mtu > ETH_DATA_LEN)
+        /* enable LPE when to prevent packets larger than max_frame_size */
                 rctl |= E1000_RCTL_LPE;
 
         /* Setup buffer sizes */
@@ -1864,7 +1864,7 @@ static void igb_setup_rctl(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
          */
         /* allocations using alloc_page take too long for regular MTU
          * so only enable packet split for jumbo frames */
-        if (rctl & E1000_RCTL_LPE) {
+        if (adapter->netdev->mtu > ETH_DATA_LEN) {
                 adapter->rx_ps_hdr_size = IGB_RXBUFFER_128;
                 srrctl |= adapter->rx_ps_hdr_size <<
                          E1000_SRRCTL_BSIZEHDRSIZE_SHIFT;