diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
index 7a4f20bb7fcb4..12c65e1ad6a93 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_rx.c
@@ -917,7 +917,9 @@ int mlx4_en_process_rx_cq(struct net_device *dev, struct mlx4_en_cq *cq, int bud
 			if (dev->features & NETIF_F_RXHASH)
 				skb_set_hash(gro_skb,
 					     be32_to_cpu(cqe->immed_rss_invalid),
-					     PKT_HASH_TYPE_L3);
+					     (ip_summed == CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY) ?
+						PKT_HASH_TYPE_L4 :
+						PKT_HASH_TYPE_L3);
 
 			skb_record_rx_queue(gro_skb, cq->ring);
 			skb_mark_napi_id(gro_skb, &cq->napi);
@@ -963,7 +965,9 @@ int mlx4_en_process_rx_cq(struct net_device *dev, struct mlx4_en_cq *cq, int bud
 		if (dev->features & NETIF_F_RXHASH)
 			skb_set_hash(skb,
 				     be32_to_cpu(cqe->immed_rss_invalid),
-				     PKT_HASH_TYPE_L3);
+				     (ip_summed == CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY) ?
+					PKT_HASH_TYPE_L4 :
+					PKT_HASH_TYPE_L3);
 
 		if ((be32_to_cpu(cqe->vlan_my_qpn) &
 		    MLX4_CQE_VLAN_PRESENT_MASK) &&