diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
index de9897c8e933..f5fd20dc8ab1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
@@ -1256,6 +1256,7 @@ static int ibmveth_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 			int offset = ibmveth_rxq_frame_offset(adapter);
 			int csum_good = ibmveth_rxq_csum_good(adapter);
 			int lrg_pkt = ibmveth_rxq_large_packet(adapter);
+			__sum16 iph_check = 0;
 
 			skb = ibmveth_rxq_get_buffer(adapter);
 
@@ -1307,7 +1308,17 @@ static int ibmveth_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 				}
 			}
 
-			if (length > netdev->mtu + ETH_HLEN) {
+			/* PHYP without PLSO support places a -1 in the ip
+			 * checksum for large send frames.
+			 */
+			if (skb->protocol == cpu_to_be16(ETH_P_IP)) {
+				struct iphdr *iph = (struct iphdr *)skb->data;
+
+				iph_check = iph->check;
+			}
+
+			if ((length > netdev->mtu + ETH_HLEN) ||
+			    lrg_pkt || iph_check == 0xffff) {
 				ibmveth_rx_mss_helper(skb, mss, lrg_pkt);
 				adapter->rx_large_packets++;
 			}