diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c
index 492ac383f16df068f38a8c8776f8681eb11edd36..ec3b287e3a718703508ef01565d886e22620c6e0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/amd/xgbe/xgbe-drv.c
@@ -2550,6 +2550,14 @@ static int xgbe_rx_poll(struct xgbe_channel *channel, int budget)
 			buf2_len = xgbe_rx_buf2_len(rdata, packet, len);
 			len += buf2_len;
 
+			if (buf2_len > rdata->rx.buf.dma_len) {
+				/* Hardware inconsistency within the descriptors
+				 * that has resulted in a length underflow.
+				 */
+				error = 1;
+				goto skip_data;
+			}
+
 			if (!skb) {
 				skb = xgbe_create_skb(pdata, napi, rdata,
 						      buf1_len);
@@ -2579,8 +2587,10 @@ static int xgbe_rx_poll(struct xgbe_channel *channel, int budget)
 		if (!last || context_next)
 			goto read_again;
 
-		if (!skb)
+		if (!skb || error) {
+			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 			goto next_packet;
+		}
 
 		/* Be sure we don't exceed the configured MTU */
 		max_len = netdev->mtu + ETH_HLEN;