diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
index 1d0bb5ff8c260b2aca71368681aad88aa4e627bf..f86e4804e83e2a0f1ce3ab57129db61cfe52ff2f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
@@ -732,6 +732,8 @@ static u8 get_ip_proto(struct sk_buff *skb, int network_depth, __be16 proto)
 					    ((struct ipv6hdr *)ip_p)->nexthdr;
 }
 
+#define short_frame(size) ((size) <= ETH_ZLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN)
+
 static inline void mlx5e_handle_csum(struct net_device *netdev,
 				     struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe,
 				     struct mlx5e_rq *rq,
@@ -754,6 +756,17 @@ static inline void mlx5e_handle_csum(struct net_device *netdev,
 	if (unlikely(test_bit(MLX5E_RQ_STATE_NO_CSUM_COMPLETE, &rq->state)))
 		goto csum_unnecessary;
 
+	/* CQE csum doesn't cover padding octets in short ethernet
+	 * frames. And the pad field is appended prior to calculating
+	 * and appending the FCS field.
+	 *
+	 * Detecting these padded frames requires to verify and parse
+	 * IP headers, so we simply force all those small frames to be
+	 * CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY even if they are not padded.
+	 */
+	if (short_frame(skb->len))
+		goto csum_unnecessary;
+
 	if (likely(is_last_ethertype_ip(skb, &network_depth, &proto))) {
 		if (unlikely(get_ip_proto(skb, network_depth, proto) == IPPROTO_SCTP))
 			goto csum_unnecessary;