diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index b744cd49a7856e97917bcdce93e7d5ee205f09cd..6b88881b8e3585422f2548df3267175bc9d6b16f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -3493,8 +3493,8 @@ int mlx4_en_init_netdev(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev, int port,
 		dev->gso_partial_features = NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL_CSUM;
 	}
 
-	/* MTU range: 46 - hw-specific max */
-	dev->min_mtu = MLX4_EN_MIN_MTU;
+	/* MTU range: 68 - hw-specific max */
+	dev->min_mtu = ETH_MIN_MTU;
 	dev->max_mtu = priv->max_mtu;
 
 	mdev->pndev[port] = dev;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
index 485d856546c6c3b83cacdcbe6376d73862dd0f8a..8137454e253497e37b638a88432daf01184c95cb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@
 #define MLX4_SELFTEST_LB_MIN_MTU (MLX4_LOOPBACK_TEST_PAYLOAD + NET_IP_ALIGN + \
 				  ETH_HLEN + PREAMBLE_LEN)
 
-#define MLX4_EN_MIN_MTU		46
 /* VLAN_HLEN is added twice,to support skb vlan tagged with multiple
  * headers. (For example: ETH_P_8021Q and ETH_P_8021AD).
  */