diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
index 2421fd45f67b..6d853f018d53 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/ucc_geth.c
@@ -3889,6 +3889,7 @@ static int ucc_geth_probe(struct platform_device* ofdev)
 	INIT_WORK(&ugeth->timeout_work, ucc_geth_timeout_work);
 	netif_napi_add(dev, &ugeth->napi, ucc_geth_poll, 64);
 	dev->mtu = 1500;
+	dev->max_mtu = 1518;
 
 	ugeth->msg_enable = netif_msg_init(debug.msg_enable, UGETH_MSG_DEFAULT);
 	ugeth->phy_interface = phy_interface;