diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
index 3bfbb8df898935f4acf47a52ebb8be3f0f683a67..bde337ee1a34f954e90c583711f155eec87b633e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -3149,6 +3149,17 @@ static netdev_tx_t e1000_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}
 
+	/* On PCI/PCI-X HW, if packet size is less than ETH_ZLEN,
+	 * packets may get corrupted during padding by HW.
+	 * To WA this issue, pad all small packets manually.
+	 */
+	if (skb->len < ETH_ZLEN) {
+		if (skb_pad(skb, ETH_ZLEN - skb->len))
+			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+		skb->len = ETH_ZLEN;
+		skb_set_tail_pointer(skb, ETH_ZLEN);
+	}
+
 	mss = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
 	/* The controller does a simple calculation to
 	 * make sure there is enough room in the FIFO before