diff --git a/drivers/net/sky2.c b/drivers/net/sky2.c
index 162489b9f599..ea117fc3d5e3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sky2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sky2.c
@@ -2163,9 +2163,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *sky2_receive(struct net_device *dev,
 	sky2->rx_next = (sky2->rx_next + 1) % sky2->rx_pending;
 	prefetch(sky2->rx_ring + sky2->rx_next);
 
-	if (length < ETH_ZLEN || length > sky2->rx_data_size)
-		goto len_error;
-
 	/* This chip has hardware problems that generates bogus status.
 	 * So do only marginal checking and expect higher level protocols
 	 * to handle crap frames.