diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c
index 7afb43f..bcf48f5 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ vmxnet3_setup_driver_shared(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 	devRead->misc.driverInfo.vmxnet3RevSpt = 1;
 	devRead->misc.driverInfo.uptVerSpt     = 1;
 
+	devRead->misc.mtu = rte_le_to_cpu_32(dev->data->mtu);
 	devRead->misc.queueDescPA  = hw->queueDescPA;
 	devRead->misc.queueDescLen = hw->queue_desc_len;
 	devRead->misc.numTxQueues  = hw->num_tx_queues;
diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ring.h b/lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ring.h
index c5abdb6..ee4e970 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ring.h
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ring.h
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ typedef struct vmxnet3_rx_queue {
 	uint32_t                    qid1;
 	uint32_t                    qid2;
 	Vmxnet3_RxQueueDesc         *shared;
+	struct rte_mbuf		    *start_seg;
+	struct rte_mbuf		    *last_seg;
 	struct vmxnet3_rxq_stats    stats;
 	bool                        stopped;
 	uint16_t                    queue_id;      /**< Device RX queue index. */
diff --git a/lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c b/lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c
index 53ddb2c..c47ba2e 100644
--- a/lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c
+++ b/lib/librte_pmd_vmxnet3/vmxnet3_rxtx.c
@@ -488,7 +488,6 @@ vmxnet3_post_rx_bufs(vmxnet3_rx_queue_t *rxq, uint8_t ring_id)
 		return i;
 }
 
-
 /* Receive side checksum and other offloads */
 static void
 vmxnet3_rx_offload(const Vmxnet3_RxCompDesc *rcd, struct rte_mbuf *rxm)
@@ -566,34 +565,11 @@ vmxnet3_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 		rxd = (Vmxnet3_RxDesc *)rxq->cmd_ring[ring_idx].base + idx;
 		rbi = rxq->cmd_ring[ring_idx].buf_info + idx;
 
-		if (unlikely(rcd->sop != 1 || rcd->eop != 1)) {
-			rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(rbi->m);
-			PMD_RX_LOG(DEBUG, "Packet spread across multiple buffers\n)");
-			goto rcd_done;
-		}
-
 		PMD_RX_LOG(DEBUG, "rxd idx: %d ring idx: %d.", idx, ring_idx);
 
 		VMXNET3_ASSERT(rcd->len <= rxd->len);
 		VMXNET3_ASSERT(rbi->m);
 
-		if (unlikely(rcd->len == 0)) {
-			PMD_RX_LOG(DEBUG, "Rx buf was skipped. rxring[%d][%d]\n)",
-				   ring_idx, idx);
-			VMXNET3_ASSERT(rcd->sop && rcd->eop);
-			rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(rbi->m);
-			goto rcd_done;
-		}
-
-		/* Assuming a packet is coming in a single packet buffer */
-		if (unlikely(rxd->btype != VMXNET3_RXD_BTYPE_HEAD)) {
-			PMD_RX_LOG(DEBUG,
-				   "Alert : Misbehaving device, incorrect "
-				   " buffer type used. iPacket dropped.");
-			rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(rbi->m);
-			goto rcd_done;
-		}
-		VMXNET3_ASSERT(rxd->btype == VMXNET3_RXD_BTYPE_HEAD);
 		/* Get the packet buffer pointer from buf_info */
 		rxm = rbi->m;
 
@@ -605,7 +581,7 @@ vmxnet3_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 		rxq->cmd_ring[ring_idx].next2comp = idx;
 
 		/* For RCD with EOP set, check if there is frame error */
-		if (unlikely(rcd->err)) {
+		if (unlikely(rcd->eop && rcd->err)) {
 			rxq->stats.drop_total++;
 			rxq->stats.drop_err++;
 
@@ -620,7 +596,6 @@ vmxnet3_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 			goto rcd_done;
 		}
 
-
 		/* Initialize newly received packet buffer */
 		rxm->port = rxq->port_id;
 		rxm->nb_segs = 1;
@@ -631,9 +606,44 @@ vmxnet3_recv_pkts(void *rx_queue, struct rte_mbuf **rx_pkts, uint16_t nb_pkts)
 		rxm->ol_flags = 0;
 		rxm->vlan_tci = 0;
 
-		vmxnet3_rx_offload(rcd, rxm);
+		/*
+		 * If this is the first buffer of the received packet,
+		 * set the pointer to the first mbuf of the packet
+		 * Otherwise, update the total length and the number of segments
+		 * of the current scattered packet, and update the pointer to
+		 * the last mbuf of the current packet.
+		 */
+		if (rcd->sop) {
+			VMXNET3_ASSERT(!rxq->start_seg);
+			VMXNET3_ASSERT(rxd->btype == VMXNET3_RXD_BTYPE_HEAD);
+
+			if (unlikely(rcd->len == 0)) {
+				PMD_RX_LOG(DEBUG,
+					   "Rx buf was skipped. rxring[%d][%d])",
+					   ring_idx, idx);
+				rte_pktmbuf_free_seg(rbi->m);
+				goto rcd_done;
+			}
+
+			rxq->start_seg = rxm;
+			vmxnet3_rx_offload(rcd, rxm);
+		} else {
+			struct rte_mbuf *start = rxq->start_seg;
+
+			VMXNET3_ASSERT(rxd->btype == VMXNET3_RXD_BTYPE_BODY);
+			VMXNET3_ASSERT(start != NULL);
+
+			start->pkt_len += rxm->data_len;
+			start->nb_segs++;
+
+			rxq->last_seg->next = rxm;
+		}
+		rxq->last_seg = rxm;
 
-		rx_pkts[nb_rx++] = rxm;
+		if (rcd->eop) {
+			rx_pkts[nb_rx++] = rxq->start_seg;
+			rxq->start_seg = NULL;
+		}
 rcd_done:
 		rxq->cmd_ring[ring_idx].next2comp = idx;
 		VMXNET3_INC_RING_IDX_ONLY(rxq->cmd_ring[ring_idx].next2comp, rxq->cmd_ring[ring_idx].size);
@@ -802,23 +812,9 @@ vmxnet3_dev_rx_queue_setup(struct rte_eth_dev *dev,
 	int size;
 	uint8_t i;
 	char mem_name[32];
-	uint16_t buf_size;
-	struct rte_pktmbuf_pool_private *mbp_priv;
 
 	PMD_INIT_FUNC_TRACE();
 
-	mbp_priv = (struct rte_pktmbuf_pool_private *)
-		rte_mempool_get_priv(mp);
-	buf_size = (uint16_t) (mbp_priv->mbuf_data_room_size -
-			       RTE_PKTMBUF_HEADROOM);
-
-	if (dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len > buf_size) {
-		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "buf_size = %u, max_pkt_len = %u, "
-			     "VMXNET3 don't support scatter packets yet",
-			     buf_size, dev->data->dev_conf.rxmode.max_rx_pkt_len);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
 	rxq = rte_zmalloc("ethdev_rx_queue", sizeof(struct vmxnet3_rx_queue), RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
 	if (rxq == NULL) {
 		PMD_INIT_LOG(ERR, "Can not allocate rx queue structure");
@@ -937,6 +933,7 @@ vmxnet3_dev_rxtx_init(struct rte_eth_dev *dev)
 			}
 		}
 		rxq->stopped = FALSE;
+		rxq->start_seg = NULL;
 	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < dev->data->nb_tx_queues; i++) {
