diff --git a/drivers/net/r8169.c b/drivers/net/r8169.c
index 8247a945a1d..3b19e0ce290 100644
--- a/drivers/net/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/r8169.c
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ static const int multicast_filter_limit = 32;
 #define RX_DMA_BURST	6	/* Maximum PCI burst, '6' is 1024 */
 #define TX_DMA_BURST	6	/* Maximum PCI burst, '6' is 1024 */
 #define EarlyTxThld	0x3F	/* 0x3F means NO early transmit */
-#define RxPacketMaxSize	0x3FE8	/* 16K - 1 - ETH_HLEN - VLAN - CRC... */
 #define SafeMtu		0x1c20	/* ... actually life sucks beyond ~7k */
 #define InterFrameGap	0x03	/* 3 means InterFrameGap = the shortest one */
 
@@ -2357,10 +2356,10 @@ static u16 rtl_rw_cpluscmd(void __iomem *ioaddr)
 	return cmd;
 }
 
-static void rtl_set_rx_max_size(void __iomem *ioaddr)
+static void rtl_set_rx_max_size(void __iomem *ioaddr, unsigned int rx_buf_sz)
 {
 	/* Low hurts. Let's disable the filtering. */
-	RTL_W16(RxMaxSize, 16383);
+	RTL_W16(RxMaxSize, rx_buf_sz);
 }
 
 static void rtl8169_set_magic_reg(void __iomem *ioaddr, unsigned mac_version)
@@ -2407,7 +2406,7 @@ static void rtl_hw_start_8169(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	RTL_W8(EarlyTxThres, EarlyTxThld);
 
-	rtl_set_rx_max_size(ioaddr);
+	rtl_set_rx_max_size(ioaddr, tp->rx_buf_sz);
 
 	if ((tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_01) ||
 	    (tp->mac_version == RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_02) ||
@@ -2668,7 +2667,7 @@ static void rtl_hw_start_8168(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	RTL_W8(EarlyTxThres, EarlyTxThld);
 
-	rtl_set_rx_max_size(ioaddr);
+	rtl_set_rx_max_size(ioaddr, tp->rx_buf_sz);
 
 	tp->cp_cmd |= RTL_R16(CPlusCmd) | PktCntrDisable | INTT_1;
 
@@ -2846,7 +2845,7 @@ static void rtl_hw_start_8101(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	RTL_W8(EarlyTxThres, EarlyTxThld);
 
-	rtl_set_rx_max_size(ioaddr);
+	rtl_set_rx_max_size(ioaddr, tp->rx_buf_sz);
 
 	tp->cp_cmd |= rtl_rw_cpluscmd(ioaddr) | PCIMulRW;