diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index de7fc345148a..3dcd3857a36c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -843,8 +843,8 @@ vmxnet3_parse_and_copy_hdr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct vmxnet3_tx_queue *tq,
 				/* for simplicity, don't copy L4 headers */
 				ctx->l4_hdr_size = 0;
 			}
-			ctx->copy_size = ctx->eth_ip_hdr_size +
-					 ctx->l4_hdr_size;
+			ctx->copy_size = min(ctx->eth_ip_hdr_size +
+					 ctx->l4_hdr_size, skb->len);
 		} else {
 			ctx->eth_ip_hdr_size = 0;
 			ctx->l4_hdr_size = 0;