diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
index 8262f093fec4ac33309b23d25594fc7616b18162..d3f794d4fb96ebe332479a053e272ba2347179b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_rx.c
@@ -707,6 +707,8 @@ static u32 mlx5e_get_fcs(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return __get_unaligned_cpu32(fcs_bytes);
 }
 
+#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,
@@ -725,6 +727,17 @@ static inline void mlx5e_handle_csum(struct net_device *netdev,
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/* 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))) {
 		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_COMPLETE;
 		skb->csum = csum_unfold((__force __sum16)cqe->check_sum);
@@ -744,6 +757,7 @@ static inline void mlx5e_handle_csum(struct net_device *netdev,
 		return;
 	}
 
+csum_unnecessary:
 	if (likely((cqe->hds_ip_ext & CQE_L3_OK) &&
 		   (cqe->hds_ip_ext & CQE_L4_OK))) {
 		skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;