diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index 7f837006bb6adf04a844d08a2a88d0957f704443..3bdeb295514bde273404c516d07b6c0c024aa025 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -2932,7 +2932,7 @@ static irqreturn_t gfar_transmit(int irq, void *grp_id)
 static bool gfar_add_rx_frag(struct gfar_rx_buff *rxb, u32 lstatus,
 			     struct sk_buff *skb, bool first)
 {
-	unsigned int size = lstatus & BD_LENGTH_MASK;
+	int size = lstatus & BD_LENGTH_MASK;
 	struct page *page = rxb->page;
 	bool last = !!(lstatus & BD_LFLAG(RXBD_LAST));
 
@@ -2947,11 +2947,16 @@ static bool gfar_add_rx_frag(struct gfar_rx_buff *rxb, u32 lstatus,
 		if (last)
 			size -= skb->len;
 
-		/* in case the last fragment consisted only of the FCS */
+		/* Add the last fragment if it contains something other than
+		 * the FCS, otherwise drop it and trim off any part of the FCS
+		 * that was already received.
+		 */
 		if (size > 0)
 			skb_add_rx_frag(skb, skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags, page,
 					rxb->page_offset + RXBUF_ALIGNMENT,
 					size, GFAR_RXB_TRUESIZE);
+		else if (size < 0)
+			pskb_trim(skb, skb->len + size);
 	}
 
 	/* try reuse page */