diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
index 756f25bd8ee3cb4ea6dfcc5affa747efdf9d2c50..ee584c59ff628ce1acb4f92d8d67cc299fd11ce2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be.h
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@
 #define BE_MAX_MTU              (BE_MAX_JUMBO_FRAME_SIZE -	\
 				 (ETH_HLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN))
 
+/* Accommodate for QnQ configurations where VLAN insertion is enabled in HW */
+#define BE_MAX_GSO_SIZE		(65535 - 2 * VLAN_HLEN)
+
 #define BE_NUM_VLANS_SUPPORTED	64
 #define BE_MAX_EQD		128u
 #define	BE_MAX_TX_FRAG_COUNT	30
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index 0bd64f1f9778093298b93e472096723cc92b7d3d..17422b20a8ec0322bd46b3a19bba48bcf01bdc17 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -1123,6 +1123,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *be_xmit_workarounds(struct be_adapter *adapter,
 					   struct sk_buff *skb,
 					   struct be_wrb_params *wrb_params)
 {
+	int err;
+
 	/* Lancer, SH and BE3 in SRIOV mode have a bug wherein
 	 * packets that are 32b or less may cause a transmit stall
 	 * on that port. The workaround is to pad such packets
@@ -1139,6 +1141,13 @@ static struct sk_buff *be_xmit_workarounds(struct be_adapter *adapter,
 			return NULL;
 	}
 
+	/* The stack can send us skbs with length greater than
+	 * what the HW can handle. Trim the extra bytes.
+	 */
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(skb->len > BE_MAX_GSO_SIZE);
+	err = pskb_trim(skb, BE_MAX_GSO_SIZE);
+	WARN_ON(err);
+
 	return skb;
 }
 
@@ -4850,7 +4859,7 @@ static void be_netdev_init(struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	netdev->flags |= IFF_MULTICAST;
 
-	netif_set_gso_max_size(netdev, 65535 - ETH_HLEN);
+	netif_set_gso_max_size(netdev, BE_MAX_GSO_SIZE - ETH_HLEN);
 
 	netdev->netdev_ops = &be_netdev_ops;