diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index c8d803d3616c90a74c05674a72c283b8062f4067..a421137e4ff88968d19fb57b61bdc7ba6b8ea93b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ void macvlan_common_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	ether_setup(dev);
 
-	dev->min_mtu		= 0;
+	/* ether_setup() has set dev->min_mtu to ETH_MIN_MTU. */
 	dev->max_mtu		= ETH_MAX_MTU;
 	dev->priv_flags	       &= ~IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING;
 	netif_keep_dst(dev);