diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/core/mlx5_vdpa.h b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/core/mlx5_vdpa.h
index 08f742fd24099e4f5e616c4818336dfe9fd26ded..b6cc53ba980cccc1c90f0d952f7359bd59e7a137 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/core/mlx5_vdpa.h
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/core/mlx5_vdpa.h
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
 #ifndef __MLX5_VDPA_H__
 #define __MLX5_VDPA_H__
 
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
+#include <linux/if_vlan.h>
 #include <linux/vdpa.h>
 #include <linux/mlx5/driver.h>
 
+#define MLX5V_ETH_HARD_MTU (ETH_HLEN + VLAN_HLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN)
+
 struct mlx5_vdpa_direct_mr {
 	u64 start;
 	u64 end;
diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
index 71397fdafa6a4c013f680afefb51acf74108ad57..a49ebb250253ac6e93acda7a9902ebe21e6303f5 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
@@ -1907,6 +1907,19 @@ static const struct vdpa_config_ops mlx5_vdpa_ops = {
 	.free = mlx5_vdpa_free,
 };
 
+static int query_mtu(struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev, u16 *mtu)
+{
+	u16 hw_mtu;
+	int err;
+
+	err = mlx5_query_nic_vport_mtu(mdev, &hw_mtu);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	*mtu = hw_mtu - MLX5V_ETH_HARD_MTU;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int alloc_resources(struct mlx5_vdpa_net *ndev)
 {
 	struct mlx5_vdpa_net_resources *res = &ndev->res;
@@ -1992,7 +2005,7 @@ static int mlx5v_probe(struct auxiliary_device *adev,
 	init_mvqs(ndev);
 	mutex_init(&ndev->reslock);
 	config = &ndev->config;
-	err = mlx5_query_nic_vport_mtu(mdev, &ndev->mtu);
+	err = query_mtu(mdev, &ndev->mtu);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_mtu;