diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index b16b694951b8..9685354e6b9d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -497,15 +497,6 @@ static int ixgbevf_clean_rx_irq(struct ixgbevf_q_vector *q_vector,
 		total_rx_bytes += skb->len;
 		total_rx_packets++;
 
-		/*
-		 * Work around issue of some types of VM to VM loop back
-		 * packets not getting split correctly
-		 */
-		if (staterr & IXGBE_RXD_STAT_LB) {
-			u32 header_fixup_len = skb_headlen(skb);
-			if (header_fixup_len < 14)
-				skb_push(skb, header_fixup_len);
-		}
 		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, rx_ring->netdev);
 
 		/* Workaround hardware that can't do proper VEPA multicast