struct xrx200_chan chan_tx;
        struct xrx200_chan chan_rx;
 
+       u16 rx_buf_size;
+
        struct net_device *net_dev;
        struct device *dev;
 
        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)
 {
                        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;
        }
 
 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;
        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;
 }
        int ret = 0;
 
        net_dev->mtu = new_mtu;
+       priv->rx_buf_size = xrx200_buffer_size(new_mtu);
 
        if (new_mtu <= old_mtu)
                return ret;
                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);
        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);