diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
index cb84587d7555..97c664611e84 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@
 #define MACB_MAX_TX_LEN		((unsigned int)((1 << MACB_TX_FRMLEN_SIZE) - 1))
 #define GEM_MAX_TX_LEN		((unsigned int)((1 << GEM_TX_FRMLEN_SIZE) - 1))
 
+#define GEM_MTU_MIN_SIZE	68
+
 /*
  * Graceful stop timeouts in us. We should allow up to
  * 1 frame time (10 Mbits/s, full-duplex, ignoring collisions)
@@ -1855,6 +1857,26 @@ static int macb_close(struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int macb_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
+{
+	struct macb *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
+	u32 max_mtu;
+
+	if (netif_running(dev))
+		return -EBUSY;
+
+	max_mtu = ETH_DATA_LEN;
+	if (bp->caps | MACB_CAPS_JUMBO)
+		max_mtu = gem_readl(bp, JML) - ETH_HLEN - ETH_FCS_LEN;
+
+	if ((new_mtu > max_mtu) || (new_mtu < GEM_MTU_MIN_SIZE))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	dev->mtu = new_mtu;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void gem_update_stats(struct macb *bp)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -2131,7 +2153,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops macb_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_get_stats		= macb_get_stats,
 	.ndo_do_ioctl		= macb_ioctl,
 	.ndo_validate_addr	= eth_validate_addr,
-	.ndo_change_mtu		= eth_change_mtu,
+	.ndo_change_mtu		= macb_change_mtu,
 	.ndo_set_mac_address	= eth_mac_addr,
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
 	.ndo_poll_controller	= macb_poll_controller,