diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c b/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
index 8e885729aa28..aca0285d18bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/dm9601.c
@@ -364,7 +364,12 @@ static int dm9601_bind(struct usbnet *dev, struct usb_interface *intf)
 	dev->net->ethtool_ops = &dm9601_ethtool_ops;
 	dev->net->hard_header_len += DM_TX_OVERHEAD;
 	dev->hard_mtu = dev->net->mtu + dev->net->hard_header_len;
-	dev->rx_urb_size = dev->net->mtu + ETH_HLEN + DM_RX_OVERHEAD;
+
+	/* dm9620/21a require room for 4 byte padding, even in dm9601
+	 * mode, so we need +1 to be able to receive full size
+	 * ethernet frames.
+	 */
+	dev->rx_urb_size = dev->net->mtu + ETH_HLEN + DM_RX_OVERHEAD + 1;
 
 	dev->mii.dev = dev->net;
 	dev->mii.mdio_read = dm9601_mdio_read;