diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_port.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_port.c
index 1789b206be58..495190764155 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_port.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_port.c
@@ -324,6 +324,10 @@ struct fman_port_qmi_regs {
 #define HWP_HXS_PHE_REPORT 0x00000800
 #define HWP_HXS_PCAC_PSTAT 0x00000100
 #define HWP_HXS_PCAC_PSTOP 0x00000001
+#define HWP_HXS_TCP_OFFSET 0xA
+#define HWP_HXS_UDP_OFFSET 0xB
+#define HWP_HXS_SH_PAD_REM 0x80000000
+
 struct fman_port_hwp_regs {
 	struct {
 		u32 ssa; /* Soft Sequence Attachment */
@@ -728,6 +732,10 @@ static void init_hwp(struct fman_port *port)
 		iowrite32be(0xffffffff, &regs->pmda[i].lcv);
 	}
 
+	/* Short packet padding removal from checksum calculation */
+	iowrite32be(HWP_HXS_SH_PAD_REM, &regs->pmda[HWP_HXS_TCP_OFFSET].ssa);
+	iowrite32be(HWP_HXS_SH_PAD_REM, &regs->pmda[HWP_HXS_UDP_OFFSET].ssa);
+
 	start_port_hwp(port);
 }