diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
index 9a0881cb7f51..6c01314e87b0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
@@ -617,6 +617,8 @@ static int get_fixed_ipv6_csum(__wsum hw_checksum, struct sk_buff *skb,
 }
 #endif
 
+#define short_frame(size) ((size) <= ETH_ZLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN)
+
 /* We reach this function only after checking that any of
  * the (IPv4 | IPv6) bits are set in cqe->status.
  */
@@ -624,9 +626,20 @@ static int check_csum(struct mlx4_cqe *cqe, struct sk_buff *skb, void *va,
 		      netdev_features_t dev_features)
 {
 	__wsum hw_checksum = 0;
+	void *hdr;
 
-	void *hdr = (u8 *)va + sizeof(struct ethhdr);
+	/* CQE csum doesn't cover padding octets in short ethernet
+	 * frames. And the pad field is appended prior to calculating
+	 * and appending the FCS field.
+	 *
+	 * Detecting these padded frames requires to verify and parse
+	 * IP headers, so we simply force all those small frames to skip
+	 * checksum complete.
+	 */
+	if (short_frame(skb->len))
+		return -EINVAL;
 
+	hdr = (u8 *)va + sizeof(struct ethhdr);
 	hw_checksum = csum_unfold((__force __sum16)cqe->checksum);
 
 	if (cqe->vlan_my_qpn & cpu_to_be32(MLX4_CQE_CVLAN_PRESENT_MASK) &&
@@ -819,6 +832,11 @@ xdp_drop_no_cnt:
 		skb_record_rx_queue(skb, cq_ring);
 
 		if (likely(dev->features & NETIF_F_RXCSUM)) {
+			/* TODO: For IP non TCP/UDP packets when csum complete is
+			 * not an option (not supported or any other reason) we can
+			 * actually check cqe IPOK status bit and report
+			 * CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY rather than CHECKSUM_NONE
+			 */
 			if ((cqe->status & cpu_to_be16(MLX4_CQE_STATUS_TCP |
 						       MLX4_CQE_STATUS_UDP)) &&
 			    (cqe->status & cpu_to_be16(MLX4_CQE_STATUS_IPOK)) &&