diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index a4346d2580e2..fc721a59a408 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -2947,6 +2947,10 @@ static bool gfar_add_rx_frag(struct gfar_rx_buff *rxb, u32 lstatus,
 		if (lstatus & BD_LFLAG(RXBD_LAST))
 			size -= skb->len;
 
+		WARN(size < 0, "gianfar: rx fragment size underflow");
+		if (size < 0)
+			return false;
+
 		skb_add_rx_frag(skb, skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags, page,
 				rxb->page_offset + RXBUF_ALIGNMENT,
 				size, GFAR_RXB_TRUESIZE);
@@ -3108,6 +3112,17 @@ int gfar_clean_rx_ring(struct gfar_priv_rx_q *rx_queue, int rx_work_limit)
 		if (lstatus & BD_LFLAG(RXBD_EMPTY))
 			break;
 
+		/* lost RXBD_LAST descriptor due to overrun */
+		if (skb &&
+		    (lstatus & BD_LFLAG(RXBD_FIRST))) {
+			/* discard faulty buffer */
+			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+			skb = NULL;
+			rx_queue->stats.rx_dropped++;
+
+			/* can continue normally */
+		}
+
 		/* order rx buffer descriptor reads */
 		rmb();