diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index cfc3bfcb04a2..5673a4113253 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ static int mlx5e_alloc_xdpsq(struct mlx5e_channel *c,
 	sq->channel   = c;
 	sq->uar_map   = mdev->mlx5e_res.bfreg.map;
 	sq->min_inline_mode = params->tx_min_inline_mode;
-	sq->hw_mtu    = MLX5E_SW2HW_MTU(params, params->sw_mtu);
+	sq->hw_mtu    = MLX5E_SW2HW_MTU(params, params->sw_mtu) - ETH_FCS_LEN;
 	sq->xsk_pool  = xsk_pool;
 
 	sq->stats = sq->xsk_pool ?