diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 1421941..0c69918 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -1914,6 +1914,15 @@
 
 	  If in doubt, say N.
 
+config E1000_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT
+	bool "Disable Packet Split for PCI express adapters"
+	depends on E1000
+	help
+	  Say Y here if you want to use the legacy receive path for PCI express
+	  hadware.
+
+	  If in doubt, say N.
+
 source "drivers/net/ixp2000/Kconfig"
 
 config MYRI_SBUS
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
index d0a5d16..73b2a7b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -1621,7 +1621,7 @@
 {
 	uint32_t rctl, rfctl;
 	uint32_t psrctl = 0;
-#ifdef CONFIG_E1000_PACKET_SPLIT
+#ifndef CONFIG_E1000_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT
 	uint32_t pages = 0;
 #endif
 
@@ -1672,7 +1672,7 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_E1000_PACKET_SPLIT
+#ifndef CONFIG_E1000_DISABLE_PACKET_SPLIT
 	/* 82571 and greater support packet-split where the protocol
 	 * header is placed in skb->data and the packet data is
 	 * placed in pages hanging off of skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags.