diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c
index 0c352f3f29..4132fd7422 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx5/mlx5_rxtx.c
@@ -1599,6 +1599,8 @@ mlx5_rx_burst(void *dpdk_rxq, struct rte_mbuf **pkts, uint16_t pkts_n)
 			pkt = seg;
 			assert(len >= (rxq->crc_present << 2));
 			/* Update packet information. */
+			pkt->packet_type = 0;
+			pkt->ol_flags = 0;
 			if (rxq->csum | rxq->csum_l2tun | rxq->vlan_strip |
 			    rxq->crc_present) {
 				if (rxq->csum) {