diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c
index 286816a4e7833c..1e428820b6a276 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ static void ks8851_rx_pkts(struct ks8851_net *ks)
 	for (; rxfc != 0; rxfc--) {
 		rxh = ks8851_rdreg32(ks, KS_RXFHSR);
 		rxstat = rxh & 0xffff;
-		rxlen = rxh >> 16;
+		rxlen = (rxh >> 16) & 0xfff;
 
 		netif_dbg(ks, rx_status, ks->netdev,
 			  "rx: stat 0x%04x, len 0x%04x\n", rxstat, rxlen);