diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/chain_mode.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/chain_mode.c
index 120a009c9992..37f9417c7c0e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/chain_mode.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/chain_mode.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static int jumbo_frm(struct stmmac_tx_queue *tx_q, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	unsigned int nopaged_len = skb_headlen(skb);
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv = tx_q->priv_data;
 	unsigned int entry = tx_q->cur_tx;
-	unsigned int bmax, des2;
+	unsigned int bmax, buf_len, des2;
 	unsigned int i = 1, len;
 	struct dma_desc *desc;
 
@@ -31,17 +31,18 @@ static int jumbo_frm(struct stmmac_tx_queue *tx_q, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	else
 		bmax = BUF_SIZE_2KiB;
 
-	len = nopaged_len - bmax;
+	buf_len = min_t(unsigned int, nopaged_len, bmax);
+	len = nopaged_len - buf_len;
 
 	des2 = dma_map_single(priv->device, skb->data,
-			      bmax, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+			      buf_len, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	desc->des2 = cpu_to_le32(des2);
 	if (dma_mapping_error(priv->device, des2))
 		return -1;
 	tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[entry].buf = des2;
-	tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[entry].len = bmax;
+	tx_q->tx_skbuff_dma[entry].len = buf_len;
 	/* do not close the descriptor and do not set own bit */
-	stmmac_prepare_tx_desc(priv, desc, 1, bmax, csum, STMMAC_CHAIN_MODE,
+	stmmac_prepare_tx_desc(priv, desc, 1, buf_len, csum, STMMAC_CHAIN_MODE,
 			0, false, skb->len);
 
 	while (len != 0) {