diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_xrx200.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_xrx200.c
index 0da09ea81980..96bd6f2b21ed 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_xrx200.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_xrx200.c
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ struct xrx200_priv {
 	struct xrx200_chan chan_tx;
 	struct xrx200_chan chan_rx;
 
+	u16 rx_buf_size;
+
 	struct net_device *net_dev;
 	struct device *dev;
 
@@ -97,6 +99,16 @@ static void xrx200_pmac_mask(struct xrx200_priv *priv, u32 clear, u32 set,
 	xrx200_pmac_w32(priv, val, offset);
 }
 
+static int xrx200_max_frame_len(int mtu)
+{
+	return VLAN_ETH_HLEN + mtu;
+}
+
+static int xrx200_buffer_size(int mtu)
+{
+	return round_up(xrx200_max_frame_len(mtu), 4 * XRX200_DMA_BURST_LEN);
+}
+
 /* drop all the packets from the DMA ring */
 static void xrx200_flush_dma(struct xrx200_chan *ch)
 {
@@ -109,8 +121,7 @@ static void xrx200_flush_dma(struct xrx200_chan *ch)
 			break;
 
 		desc->ctl = LTQ_DMA_OWN | LTQ_DMA_RX_OFFSET(NET_IP_ALIGN) |
-			    (ch->priv->net_dev->mtu + VLAN_ETH_HLEN +
-			     ETH_FCS_LEN);
+			    ch->priv->rx_buf_size;
 		ch->dma.desc++;
 		ch->dma.desc %= LTQ_DESC_NUM;
 	}
@@ -158,21 +169,21 @@ static int xrx200_close(struct net_device *net_dev)
 
 static int xrx200_alloc_skb(struct xrx200_chan *ch)
 {
-	int len = ch->priv->net_dev->mtu + VLAN_ETH_HLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN;
 	struct sk_buff *skb = ch->skb[ch->dma.desc];
+	struct xrx200_priv *priv = ch->priv;
 	dma_addr_t mapping;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	ch->skb[ch->dma.desc] = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(ch->priv->net_dev,
-							  len);
+	ch->skb[ch->dma.desc] = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(priv->net_dev,
+							  priv->rx_buf_size);
 	if (!ch->skb[ch->dma.desc]) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto skip;
 	}
 
-	mapping = dma_map_single(ch->priv->dev, ch->skb[ch->dma.desc]->data,
-				 len, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
-	if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(ch->priv->dev, mapping))) {
+	mapping = dma_map_single(priv->dev, ch->skb[ch->dma.desc]->data,
+				 priv->rx_buf_size, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+	if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(priv->dev, mapping))) {
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(ch->skb[ch->dma.desc]);
 		ch->skb[ch->dma.desc] = skb;
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -184,7 +195,7 @@ static int xrx200_alloc_skb(struct xrx200_chan *ch)
 	wmb();
 skip:
 	ch->dma.desc_base[ch->dma.desc].ctl =
-		LTQ_DMA_OWN | LTQ_DMA_RX_OFFSET(NET_IP_ALIGN) | len;
+		LTQ_DMA_OWN | LTQ_DMA_RX_OFFSET(NET_IP_ALIGN) | priv->rx_buf_size;
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -356,6 +367,7 @@ xrx200_change_mtu(struct net_device *net_dev, int new_mtu)
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	net_dev->mtu = new_mtu;
+	priv->rx_buf_size = xrx200_buffer_size(new_mtu);
 
 	if (new_mtu <= old_mtu)
 		return ret;
@@ -375,6 +387,7 @@ xrx200_change_mtu(struct net_device *net_dev, int new_mtu)
 		ret = xrx200_alloc_skb(ch_rx);
 		if (ret) {
 			net_dev->mtu = old_mtu;
+			priv->rx_buf_size = xrx200_buffer_size(old_mtu);
 			break;
 		}
 		dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
@@ -505,7 +518,8 @@ static int xrx200_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	net_dev->netdev_ops = &xrx200_netdev_ops;
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(net_dev, dev);
 	net_dev->min_mtu = ETH_ZLEN;
-	net_dev->max_mtu = XRX200_DMA_DATA_LEN - VLAN_ETH_HLEN - ETH_FCS_LEN;
+	net_dev->max_mtu = XRX200_DMA_DATA_LEN - xrx200_max_frame_len(0);
+	priv->rx_buf_size = xrx200_buffer_size(ETH_DATA_LEN);
 
 	/* load the memory ranges */
 	priv->pmac_reg = devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0, NULL);