diff --git a/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.c
index 98661e864b..64e38e49fa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ena/ena_ethdev.c
@@ -337,7 +337,13 @@ static inline void ena_rx_mbuf_prepare(struct rte_mbuf *mbuf,
 		ol_flags |= PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_UNKNOWN;
 	else
 		if (unlikely(ena_rx_ctx->l4_csum_err))
-			ol_flags |= PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_BAD;
+			/*
+			 * For the L4 Rx checksum offload the HW may indicate
+			 * bad checksum although it's valid. Because of that,
+			 * we're setting the UNKNOWN flag to let the app
+			 * re-verify the checksum.
+			 */
+			ol_flags |= PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_UNKNOWN;
 		else
 			ol_flags |= PKT_RX_L4_CKSUM_GOOD;