diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index 329a0ab87542677fc2839ce2d568bae172042240..f0f234727547a087c0a677c138a4aa531211bf60 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ static int __ip_append_data(struct sock *sk,
 
 	fragheaderlen = sizeof(struct iphdr) + (opt ? opt->optlen : 0);
 	maxfraglen = ((mtu - fragheaderlen) & ~7) + fragheaderlen;
-	maxnonfragsize = ip_sk_ignore_df(sk) ? 0xFFFF : mtu;
+	maxnonfragsize = ip_sk_ignore_df(sk) ? IP_MAX_MTU : mtu;
 
 	if (cork->length + length > maxnonfragsize - fragheaderlen) {
 		ip_local_error(sk, EMSGSIZE, fl4->daddr, inet->inet_dport,