diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
index ef3325b69233..9293c82ef2af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
@@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@ ppp_decompress_frame(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		}
 		/* the decompressor still expects the A/C bytes in the hdr */
 		len = ppp->rcomp->decompress(ppp->rc_state, skb->data - 2,
-				skb->len + 2, ns->data, ppp->mru + PPP_HDRLEN);
+				skb->len + 2, ns->data, obuff_size);
 		if (len < 0) {
 			/* Pass the compressed frame to pppd as an
 			   error indication. */