diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index f34b2eb..9778377 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -380,6 +380,12 @@
 	unsigned long		lockflags;
 	size_t			size = dev->rx_urb_size;
 
+	/* prevent rx skb allocation when error ratio is high */
+	if (test_bit(EVENT_RX_KILL, &dev->flags)) {
+		usb_free_urb(urb);
+		return -ENOLINK;
+	}
+
 	skb = __netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(dev->net, size, flags);
 	if (!skb) {
 		netif_dbg(dev, rx_err, dev->net, "no rx skb\n");
@@ -539,6 +545,17 @@
 		break;
 	}
 
+	/* stop rx if packet error rate is high */
+	if (++dev->pkt_cnt > 30) {
+		dev->pkt_cnt = 0;
+		dev->pkt_err = 0;
+	} else {
+		if (state == rx_cleanup)
+			dev->pkt_err++;
+		if (dev->pkt_err > 20)
+			set_bit(EVENT_RX_KILL, &dev->flags);
+	}
+
 	state = defer_bh(dev, skb, &dev->rxq, state);
 
 	if (urb) {
@@ -791,6 +808,11 @@
 		   (dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_FRAMING_AX) ? "ASIX" :
 		   "simple");
 
+	/* reset rx error state */
+	dev->pkt_cnt = 0;
+	dev->pkt_err = 0;
+	clear_bit(EVENT_RX_KILL, &dev->flags);
+
 	// delay posting reads until we're fully open
 	tasklet_schedule (&dev->bh);
 	if (info->manage_power) {
@@ -1254,6 +1276,9 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* restart RX again after disabling due to high error rate */
+	clear_bit(EVENT_RX_KILL, &dev->flags);
+
 	// waiting for all pending urbs to complete?
 	if (dev->wait) {
 		if ((dev->txq.qlen + dev->rxq.qlen + dev->done.qlen) == 0) {