diff --git a/iroh-net/src/magicsock.rs b/iroh-net/src/magicsock.rs
index ef9da018fb..ecaf2712bc 100644
--- a/iroh-net/src/magicsock.rs
+++ b/iroh-net/src/magicsock.rs
@@ -697,17 +697,23 @@ impl MagicSock {
         let mut quic_packets_total = 0;
 
         for (meta, buf) in metas.iter_mut().zip(bufs.iter_mut()).take(msgs) {
-            let mut start = 0;
             let mut is_quic = false;
             let mut quic_packets_count = 0;
+            if meta.len > meta.stride {
+                trace!(%meta.len, %meta.stride, "GRO datagram received");
+                inc!(MagicsockMetrics, recv_gro_datagrams);
+            }
 
             // find disco and stun packets and forward them to the actor
-            loop {
-                let end = start + meta.stride;
-                if end > meta.len {
-                    break;
+            for packet in buf[..meta.len].chunks_mut(meta.stride) {
+                if packet.len() < meta.stride {
+                    trace!(
+                        len = %packet.len(),
+                        %meta.stride,
+                        "Last GRO datagram smaller than stride",
+                    );
                 }
-                let packet = &buf[start..end];
+
                 let packet_is_quic = if stun::is(packet) {
                     trace!(src = %meta.addr, len = %meta.stride, "UDP recv: stun packet");
                     let packet2 = Bytes::copy_from_slice(packet);
@@ -740,9 +746,8 @@ impl MagicSock {
                     // this makes quinn reliably and quickly ignore the packet as long as
                     // [`quinn::EndpointConfig::grease_quic_bit`] is set to `false`
                     // (which we always do in Endpoint::bind).
-                    buf[start] = 0u8;
+                    packet[0] = 0u8;
                 }
-                start = end;
             }
 
             if is_quic {
diff --git a/iroh-net/src/magicsock/metrics.rs b/iroh-net/src/magicsock/metrics.rs
index 0f3b8b40f1..5c0a97148f 100644
--- a/iroh-net/src/magicsock/metrics.rs
+++ b/iroh-net/src/magicsock/metrics.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ pub struct Metrics {
     pub recv_data_ipv6: Counter,
     /// Number of QUIC datagrams received.
     pub recv_datagrams: Counter,
+    /// Number of datagrams received using GRO
+    pub recv_gro_datagrams: Counter,
 
     // Disco packets
     pub send_disco_udp: Counter,
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ impl Default for Metrics {
             recv_data_ipv4: Counter::new("recv_data_ipv4"),
             recv_data_ipv6: Counter::new("recv_data_ipv6"),
             recv_datagrams: Counter::new("recv_datagrams"),
+            recv_gro_datagrams: Counter::new("recv_gro_packets"),
 
             // Disco packets
             send_disco_udp: Counter::new("disco_send_udp"),