diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index b36bf9c3e1e49a2dde1f7bde27b16590d8fe5c80..9f1d5de7bf16191dec2c7a939f794666fd4dc776 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -384,7 +384,9 @@ static void i40e_tx_timeout(struct net_device *netdev, unsigned int txqueue)
 		set_bit(__I40E_GLOBAL_RESET_REQUESTED, pf->state);
 		break;
 	default:
-		netdev_err(netdev, "tx_timeout recovery unsuccessful\n");
+		netdev_err(netdev, "tx_timeout recovery unsuccessful, device is in non-recoverable state.\n");
+		set_bit(__I40E_DOWN_REQUESTED, pf->state);
+		set_bit(__I40E_VSI_DOWN_REQUESTED, vsi->state);
 		break;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index f6ba97a0166eb43670654caa593fd254ff1581e0..d4226161a3efc408b96e181d427e46abaa078093 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -3203,11 +3203,13 @@ static int i40e_tx_enable_csum(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 *tx_flags,
 
 	protocol = vlan_get_protocol(skb);
 
-	if (eth_p_mpls(protocol))
+	if (eth_p_mpls(protocol)) {
 		ip.hdr = skb_inner_network_header(skb);
-	else
+		l4.hdr = skb_checksum_start(skb);
+	} else {
 		ip.hdr = skb_network_header(skb);
-	l4.hdr = skb_checksum_start(skb);
+		l4.hdr = skb_transport_header(skb);
+	}
 
 	/* set the tx_flags to indicate the IP protocol type. this is
 	 * required so that checksum header computation below is accurate.