diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index af034dba9bd6..9d15566521a7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -1716,6 +1716,7 @@ ppp_receive_frame(struct ppp *ppp, struct sk_buff *skb, struct channel *pch)
 {
 	/* note: a 0-length skb is used as an error indication */
 	if (skb->len > 0) {
+		skb_checksum_complete_unset(skb);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPP_MULTILINK
 		/* XXX do channel-level decompression here */
 		if (PPP_PROTO(skb) == PPP_MP)