diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c
index 6c735e0d1..9ed883e81 100755
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cortina/gemini.c
@@ -1146,6 +1146,7 @@ static int gmac_map_tx_bufs(struct net_device *netdev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	dma_addr_t mapping;
 	unsigned short mtu;
 	void *buffer;
+	int ret;
 
 	mtu  = ETH_HLEN;
 	mtu += netdev->mtu;
@@ -1160,9 +1161,30 @@ static int gmac_map_tx_bufs(struct net_device *netdev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		word3 |= mtu;
 	}
 
-	if (skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_NONE) {
+	if (skb->len >= ETH_FRAME_LEN) {
+		/* Hardware offloaded checksumming isn't working on frames
+		 * bigger than 1514 bytes. A hypothesis about this is that the
+		 * checksum buffer is only 1518 bytes, so when the frames get
+		 * bigger they get truncated, or the last few bytes get
+		 * overwritten by the FCS.
+		 *
+		 * Just use software checksumming and bypass on bigger frames.
+		 */
+		if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
+			ret = skb_checksum_help(skb);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+		}
+		word1 |= TSS_BYPASS_BIT;
+	} else if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
 		int tcp = 0;
 
+		/* We do not switch off the checksumming on non TCP/UDP
+		 * frames: as is shown from tests, the checksumming engine
+		 * is smart enough to see that a frame is not actually TCP
+		 * or UDP and then just pass it through without any changes
+		 * to the frame.
+		 */
 		if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
 			word1 |= TSS_IP_CHKSUM_BIT;
 			tcp = ip_hdr(skb)->protocol == IPPROTO_TCP;