diff --git a/hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c b/hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c
index 331c73cfc0e4d63954d68eec57019953905e13e6..9560e4a49ebd0e2676b2aa6180cb6f8dddc2a486 100644
--- a/hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c
+++ b/hw/net/net_tx_pkt.c
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@ bool net_tx_pkt_send(struct NetTxPkt *pkt, NetClientState *nc)
 
     if (pkt->has_virt_hdr ||
         pkt->virt_hdr.gso_type == VIRTIO_NET_HDR_GSO_NONE) {
+        net_tx_pkt_fix_ip6_payload_len(pkt);
         net_tx_pkt_sendv(pkt, nc, pkt->vec,
             pkt->payload_frags + NET_TX_PKT_PL_START_FRAG);
         return true;
@@ -644,3 +645,25 @@ bool net_tx_pkt_send_loopback(struct NetTxPkt *pkt, NetClientState *nc)
 
     return res;
 }
+
+void net_tx_pkt_fix_ip6_payload_len(struct NetTxPkt *pkt)
+{
+    struct iovec *l2 = &pkt->vec[NET_TX_PKT_L2HDR_FRAG];
+    if (eth_get_l3_proto(l2, 1, l2->iov_len) == ETH_P_IPV6) {
+        struct ip6_header *ip6 = (struct ip6_header *) pkt->l3_hdr;
+        /*
+         * TODO: if qemu would support >64K packets - add jumbo option check
+         * something like that:
+         * 'if (ip6->ip6_plen == 0 && !has_jumbo_option(ip6)) {'
+         */
+        if (ip6->ip6_plen == 0) {
+            if (pkt->payload_len <= ETH_MAX_IP_DGRAM_LEN) {
+                ip6->ip6_plen = htons(pkt->payload_len);
+            }
+            /*
+             * TODO: if qemu would support >64K packets
+             * add jumbo option for packets greater then 65,535 bytes
+             */
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hw/net/net_tx_pkt.h b/hw/net/net_tx_pkt.h
index 212ecc62fc465a02c8ea59975b96734dbf648497..4ec8bbe9bd93eaa17a87c401b439d5a94e909ee8 100644
--- a/hw/net/net_tx_pkt.h
+++ b/hw/net/net_tx_pkt.h
@@ -187,4 +187,18 @@ bool net_tx_pkt_parse(struct NetTxPkt *pkt);
 */
 bool net_tx_pkt_has_fragments(struct NetTxPkt *pkt);
 
+/**
+ * Fix IPv6 'plen' field.
+ * If ipv6 payload length field is 0 - then there should be Hop-by-Hop
+ * option for packets greater than 65,535.
+ * For packets with a payload less than 65,535: fix 'plen' field.
+ * For backends with vheader, we need just one packet with proper
+ * payload size. For now, qemu drops every packet with size greater 64K
+ * (see net_tx_pkt_send()) so, there is no reason to add jumbo option to ip6
+ * hop-by-hop extension if it's missed
+ *
+ * @pkt            packet
+ */
+void net_tx_pkt_fix_ip6_payload_len(struct NetTxPkt *pkt);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/include/net/eth.h b/include/net/eth.h
index 7f45c678e752e5b4f1993586c367ee1b46115366..0671be69165c89827b8dac79817e3f131cc19ff1 100644
--- a/include/net/eth.h
+++ b/include/net/eth.h
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ struct tcp_hdr {
 
 #define ip6_nxt      ip6_ctlun.ip6_un1.ip6_un1_nxt
 #define ip6_ecn_acc  ip6_ctlun.ip6_un3.ip6_un3_ecn
+#define ip6_plen     ip6_ctlun.ip6_un1.ip6_un1_plen
 
 #define PKT_GET_ETH_HDR(p)        \
     ((struct eth_header *)(p))