diff --git a/drivers/net/qede/qede_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/qede/qede_rxtx.c
index bf3c26fd33..936d5c2dc1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qede/qede_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qede/qede_rxtx.c
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ qede_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t qid,
 		dev->data->rx_queues[qid] = NULL;
 	}
 
-	max_rx_pktlen = dev->data->mtu + RTE_ETHER_HDR_LEN;
+	max_rx_pktlen = dev->data->mtu + RTE_ETHER_HDR_LEN + RTE_ETHER_CRC_LEN;
 
 	/* Fix up RX buffer size */
 	bufsz = (uint16_t)rte_pktmbuf_data_room_size(mp) - RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM;