diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
index ec1f447..0c912a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -1160,7 +1160,9 @@
 			 ? le16_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.qword0.lo_dword.l2tag1)
 			 : 0;
 #ifdef I40E_FCOE
-		if (!i40e_fcoe_handle_offload(rx_ring, rx_desc, skb)) {
+		if (unlikely(
+		    i40e_rx_is_fcoe(rx_ptype) &&
+		    !i40e_fcoe_handle_offload(rx_ring, rx_desc, skb))) {
 			dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
 			continue;
 		}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.h
index 3ec0ea5..84c28aa6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.h
@@ -430,4 +430,14 @@
 
 	return __i40evf_chk_linearize(skb);
 }
+
+/**
+ * i40e_rx_is_fcoe - returns true if the Rx packet type is FCoE
+ * @ptype: the packet type field from Rx descriptor write-back
+ **/
+static inline bool i40e_rx_is_fcoe(u16 ptype)
+{
+	return (ptype >= I40E_RX_PTYPE_L2_FCOE_PAY3) &&
+	       (ptype <= I40E_RX_PTYPE_L2_FCOE_VFT_FCOTHER);
+}
 #endif /* _I40E_TXRX_H_ */