diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/vertexcom/mse102x.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/vertexcom/mse102x.c
index 2c37957478fb08537c65325e796301ea01169584..89dc4c401a8de45d84e03263a393dc71f2283c1b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/vertexcom/mse102x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/vertexcom/mse102x.c
@@ -437,13 +437,15 @@ static void mse102x_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	mse = &mses->mse102x;
 
 	while ((txb = skb_dequeue(&mse->txq))) {
+		unsigned int len = max_t(unsigned int, txb->len, ETH_ZLEN);
+
 		mutex_lock(&mses->lock);
 		ret = mse102x_tx_pkt_spi(mse, txb, work_timeout);
 		mutex_unlock(&mses->lock);
 		if (ret) {
 			mse->ndev->stats.tx_dropped++;
 		} else {
-			mse->ndev->stats.tx_bytes += txb->len;
+			mse->ndev->stats.tx_bytes += len;
 			mse->ndev->stats.tx_packets++;
 		}