--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/dp_rx.c
@@ -2400,20 +2400,16 @@ static int ath11k_dp_rx_process_msdu(str
 	rxcb->rx_desc = rx_desc;
 	msdu_len = ath11k_dp_rx_h_msdu_start_msdu_len(rx_desc);
 	l3_pad_bytes = ath11k_dp_rx_h_msdu_end_l3pad(lrx_desc);
-	if ((msdu_len + HAL_RX_DESC_SIZE) > DP_RX_BUFFER_SIZE) {
-		ath11k_warn(ar->ab, "invalid msdu len %u\n", msdu_len);
-		ath11k_dbg_dump(ar->ab, ATH11K_DBG_DATA, NULL, "", rxcb->rx_desc,
-				sizeof(struct hal_rx_desc));
-		ath11k_dp_dump_msdu_info(ar, rxcb->rx_desc, rxcb);
-		goto free_out;
-	}
 
 	if (rxcb->is_frag) {
 		skb_pull(msdu, HAL_RX_DESC_SIZE);
 	} else if (!rxcb->is_continuation) {
-		if ((msdu_len + HAL_RX_DESC_SIZE) > DP_RX_BUFFER_SIZE) {
-			ret = -EINVAL;
+		if ((msdu_len + l3_pad_bytes + HAL_RX_DESC_SIZE) > DP_RX_BUFFER_SIZE) {
 			ath11k_warn(ar->ab, "invalid msdu len %u\n", msdu_len);
+			ath11k_dbg_dump(ar->ab, ATH11K_DBG_DATA, NULL, "",
+					rxcb->rx_desc,
+					sizeof(struct hal_rx_desc));
+			ath11k_dp_dump_msdu_info(ar, rxcb->rx_desc, rxcb);
 			goto free_out;
 		}
 		skb_put(msdu, HAL_RX_DESC_SIZE + l3_pad_bytes + msdu_len);