diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
index 4b017364d7ec..7e2026429d26 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_tx.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static inline u16 mlx5e_get_inline_hdr_size(struct mlx5e_sq *sq,
 	 * headers and occur before the data gather.
 	 * Therefore these headers must be copied into the WQE
 	 */
-#define MLX5E_MIN_INLINE ETH_HLEN
+#define MLX5E_MIN_INLINE (ETH_HLEN + VLAN_HLEN)
 
 	if (bf) {
 		u16 ihs = skb_headlen(skb);
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static inline u16 mlx5e_get_inline_hdr_size(struct mlx5e_sq *sq,
 			return skb_headlen(skb);
 	}
 
-	return MLX5E_MIN_INLINE;
+	return max(skb_network_offset(skb), MLX5E_MIN_INLINE);
 }
 
 static inline void mlx5e_insert_vlan(void *start, struct sk_buff *skb, u16 ihs)