diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 18ac3e1cff7f..f38d479cd080 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 72ab51954d108e4999b3c958ae21da731d2d789a
+refs/heads/master: a65a604a01f710defe01f2322e108f4d8c20f6ce
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
index 60cad65dbc2e..0e72dadf8b70 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
@@ -1566,9 +1566,9 @@ ixgb_change_mtu(struct net_device *netdev, int new_mtu)
 	int max_frame = new_mtu + ENET_HEADER_SIZE + ENET_FCS_LENGTH;
 	int old_max_frame = netdev->mtu + ENET_HEADER_SIZE + ENET_FCS_LENGTH;
 
-
-	if((max_frame < IXGB_MIN_ENET_FRAME_SIZE_WITHOUT_FCS + ENET_FCS_LENGTH)
-	   || (max_frame > IXGB_MAX_JUMBO_FRAME_SIZE + ENET_FCS_LENGTH)) {
+	/* MTU < 68 is an error for IPv4 traffic, just don't allow it */
+	if ((new_mtu < 68) ||
+	    (max_frame > IXGB_MAX_JUMBO_FRAME_SIZE + ENET_FCS_LENGTH)) {
 		DPRINTK(PROBE, ERR, "Invalid MTU setting %d\n", new_mtu);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}