diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index fe49384eba48cb3f75bd33f5bfb9cf1fa15af791..0d7fd3f043cf0bae5c2c89644ffb60db0a3aa364 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -3494,8 +3494,8 @@ int mlx4_en_init_netdev(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev, int port,
 		dev->gso_partial_features = NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL_CSUM;
 	}
 
-	/* MTU range: 46 - hw-specific max */
-	dev->min_mtu = MLX4_EN_MIN_MTU;
+	/* MTU range: 68 - hw-specific max */
+	dev->min_mtu = ETH_MIN_MTU;
 	dev->max_mtu = priv->max_mtu;
 
 	mdev->pndev[port] = dev;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
index c3228b89df463597de1cb546754ea1b8aa4d876d..240f9c9ca943d2d2d6c10835e9d653ce1b8f288e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@
 #define MLX4_SELFTEST_LB_MIN_MTU (MLX4_LOOPBACK_TEST_PAYLOAD + NET_IP_ALIGN + \
 				  ETH_HLEN + PREAMBLE_LEN)
 
-#define MLX4_EN_MIN_MTU		46
 /* VLAN_HLEN is added twice,to support skb vlan tagged with multiple
  * headers. (For example: ETH_P_8021Q and ETH_P_8021AD).
  */