diff -urpN -X dontdiff b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c linux-2.6.18.hg/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
--- b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c	2009-02-17 13:48:00.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.18.hg/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c	2009-02-17 14:06:58.000000000 -0800
@@ -1144,7 +1144,8 @@ static bool ixgbe_clean_rx_irq(struct ix
 		total_rx_bytes += skb->len;
 		total_rx_packets++;
 #ifdef CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV2_VMQ
-		if (skb->data)
+		if (!((adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_VMDQ_ENABLED) &&
+		     rx_ring->queue_index))
 #endif
 			skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, adapter->netdev);