diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index e9b960f0ff32..720aaf6313d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -1008,8 +1008,7 @@ static int xennet_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 
 static int xennet_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int mtu)
 {
-	int max = xennet_can_sg(dev) ?
-		XEN_NETIF_MAX_TX_SIZE - MAX_TCP_HEADER : ETH_DATA_LEN;
+	int max = xennet_can_sg(dev) ? XEN_NETIF_MAX_TX_SIZE : ETH_DATA_LEN;
 
 	if (mtu > max)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1279,8 +1278,6 @@ static struct net_device *xennet_create_dev(struct xenbus_device *dev)
 	netdev->ethtool_ops = &xennet_ethtool_ops;
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(netdev, &dev->dev);
 
-	netif_set_gso_max_size(netdev, XEN_NETIF_MAX_TX_SIZE - MAX_TCP_HEADER);
-
 	np->netdev = netdev;
 
 	netif_carrier_off(netdev);