diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index 9e17d1a91e71..78ec33f5100b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ static int netvsc_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *net)
 do_send:
 	/* Start filling in the page buffers with the rndis hdr */
 	rndis_msg->msg_len += rndis_msg_size;
+	packet->total_data_buflen = rndis_msg->msg_len;
 	packet->page_buf_cnt = init_page_array(rndis_msg, rndis_msg_size,
 					skb, &packet->page_buf[0]);