diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index 4bd3a80..9d95042d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -2410,14 +2410,12 @@ static int i40e_maybe_stop_tx(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, int size)
  * i40e_chk_linearize - Check if there are more than 8 fragments per packet
  * @skb:      send buffer
  * @tx_flags: collected send information
- * @hdr_len:  size of the packet header
  *
  * Note: Our HW can't scatter-gather more than 8 fragments to build
  * a packet on the wire and so we need to figure out the cases where we
  * need to linearize the skb.
  **/
-static bool i40e_chk_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags,
-			       const u8 hdr_len)
+static bool i40e_chk_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags)
 {
 	struct skb_frag_struct *frag;
 	bool linearize = false;
@@ -2429,7 +2427,7 @@ static bool i40e_chk_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags,
 	gso_segs = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs;
 
 	if (tx_flags & (I40E_TX_FLAGS_TSO | I40E_TX_FLAGS_FSO)) {
-		u16 j = 1;
+		u16 j = 0;
 
 		if (num_frags < (I40E_MAX_BUFFER_TXD))
 			goto linearize_chk_done;
@@ -2440,21 +2438,18 @@ static bool i40e_chk_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags,
 			goto linearize_chk_done;
 		}
 		frag = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[0];
-		size = hdr_len;
 		/* we might still have more fragments per segment */
 		do {
 			size += skb_frag_size(frag);
 			frag++; j++;
+			if ((size >= skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size) &&
+			    (j < I40E_MAX_BUFFER_TXD)) {
+				size = (size % skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size);
+				j = (size) ? 1 : 0;
+			}
 			if (j == I40E_MAX_BUFFER_TXD) {
-				if (size < skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size) {
-					linearize = true;
-					break;
-				}
-				j = 1;
-				size -= skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
-				if (size)
-					j++;
-				size += hdr_len;
+				linearize = true;
+				break;
 			}
 			num_frags--;
 		} while (num_frags);
@@ -2724,7 +2719,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t i40e_xmit_frame_ring(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (tsyn)
 		tx_flags |= I40E_TX_FLAGS_TSYN;
 
-	if (i40e_chk_linearize(skb, tx_flags, hdr_len))
+	if (i40e_chk_linearize(skb, tx_flags))
 		if (skb_linearize(skb))
 			goto out_drop;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
index b077e02..458fbb4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -1619,14 +1619,12 @@ static void i40e_create_tx_ctx(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring,
  * i40e_chk_linearize - Check if there are more than 8 fragments per packet
  * @skb:      send buffer
  * @tx_flags: collected send information
- * @hdr_len:  size of the packet header
  *
  * Note: Our HW can't scatter-gather more than 8 fragments to build
  * a packet on the wire and so we need to figure out the cases where we
  * need to linearize the skb.
  **/
-static bool i40e_chk_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags,
-			       const u8 hdr_len)
+static bool i40e_chk_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags)
 {
 	struct skb_frag_struct *frag;
 	bool linearize = false;
@@ -1638,7 +1636,7 @@ static bool i40e_chk_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags,
 	gso_segs = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs;
 
 	if (tx_flags & (I40E_TX_FLAGS_TSO | I40E_TX_FLAGS_FSO)) {
-		u16 j = 1;
+		u16 j = 0;
 
 		if (num_frags < (I40E_MAX_BUFFER_TXD))
 			goto linearize_chk_done;
@@ -1649,21 +1647,18 @@ static bool i40e_chk_linearize(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 tx_flags,
 			goto linearize_chk_done;
 		}
 		frag = &skb_shinfo(skb)->frags[0];
-		size = hdr_len;
 		/* we might still have more fragments per segment */
 		do {
 			size += skb_frag_size(frag);
 			frag++; j++;
+			if ((size >= skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size) &&
+			    (j < I40E_MAX_BUFFER_TXD)) {
+				size = (size % skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size);
+				j = (size) ? 1 : 0;
+			}
 			if (j == I40E_MAX_BUFFER_TXD) {
-				if (size < skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size) {
-					linearize = true;
-					break;
-				}
-				j = 1;
-				size -= skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
-				if (size)
-					j++;
-				size += hdr_len;
+				linearize = true;
+				break;
 			}
 			num_frags--;
 		} while (num_frags);
@@ -1950,7 +1945,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t i40e_xmit_frame_ring(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	else if (tso)
 		tx_flags |= I40E_TX_FLAGS_TSO;
 
-	if (i40e_chk_linearize(skb, tx_flags, hdr_len))
+	if (i40e_chk_linearize(skb, tx_flags))
 		if (skb_linearize(skb))
 			goto out_drop;
 
