diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8b51222632ae..38322ac3cba9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5a9a8e32ebe269c71d8d3e78f9435fe7729f38e9
+refs/heads/master: ea30e11970a96cfe5e32c03a29332554573b4a10
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/trunk/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index b1419e21b46b..fffb006b7d95 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -4027,8 +4027,9 @@ static bool e1000_clean_rx_irq(struct e1000_adapter *adapter,
 		                 PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
 
 		length = le16_to_cpu(rx_desc->length);
-
-		if (unlikely(!(status & E1000_RXD_STAT_EOP))) {
+		/* !EOP means multiple descriptors were used to store a single
+		 * packet, also make sure the frame isn't just CRC only */
+		if (unlikely(!(status & E1000_RXD_STAT_EOP) || (length <= 4))) {
 			/* All receives must fit into a single buffer */
 			E1000_DBG("%s: Receive packet consumed multiple"
 				  " buffers\n", netdev->name);