diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 67bfac1abfc1..3b5d134e945a 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1398,7 +1398,8 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
  *	@dma:		DMA channel
  *	@mtu:		Interface MTU value
  *	@type:		Interface hardware type
- *	@hard_header_len: Hardware header length
+ *	@hard_header_len: Hardware header length, which means that this is the
+ *			  minimum size of a packet.
  *
  *	@needed_headroom: Extra headroom the hardware may need, but not in all
  *			  cases can this be guaranteed
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 1cf928fb573e..992396aa635c 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2329,8 +2329,8 @@ static void tpacket_destruct_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 static bool ll_header_truncated(const struct net_device *dev, int len)
 {
 	/* net device doesn't like empty head */
-	if (unlikely(len <= dev->hard_header_len)) {
-		net_warn_ratelimited("%s: packet size is too short (%d <= %d)\n",
+	if (unlikely(len < dev->hard_header_len)) {
+		net_warn_ratelimited("%s: packet size is too short (%d < %d)\n",
 				     current->comm, len, dev->hard_header_len);
 		return true;
 	}