diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
index d2d415732d994178117eafb39cc6d8207ce5322e..b8ec9208e12a00ef65fc1cf44ced2a6fbb22939d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ static const int frag_sizes[] = {
 void mlx4_en_calc_rx_buf(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct mlx4_en_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
-	int eff_mtu = dev->mtu + ETH_HLEN + VLAN_HLEN + ETH_LLC_SNAP_SIZE;
+	int eff_mtu = dev->mtu + ETH_HLEN + VLAN_HLEN;
 	int buf_size = 0;
 	int i = 0;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
index 0e15295bedd671a0c3fc8c1ebbf0372052c489b7..01011d4a7cbb63468ae80c282f22c1a7e4632fbc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
@@ -152,8 +152,6 @@ enum {
 #define MLX4_EN_TX_POLL_MODER	16
 #define MLX4_EN_TX_POLL_TIMEOUT	(HZ / 4)
 
-#define ETH_LLC_SNAP_SIZE	8
-
 #define SMALL_PACKET_SIZE      (256 - NET_IP_ALIGN)
 #define HEADER_COPY_SIZE       (128 - NET_IP_ALIGN)
 #define MLX4_LOOPBACK_TEST_PAYLOAD (HEADER_COPY_SIZE - ETH_HLEN)