diff --git a/cpu/esp32/esp-eth/esp_eth_netdev.c b/cpu/esp32/esp-eth/esp_eth_netdev.c
index d8cacc7ef4b99567c01bd4bfff7fbc6cc23c0887..bf641a77779d86e03ab4530847453a22b5b61875 100644
--- a/cpu/esp32/esp-eth/esp_eth_netdev.c
+++ b/cpu/esp32/esp-eth/esp_eth_netdev.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static esp_err_t IRAM_ATTR _eth_input_callback(void *buffer, uint16_t len, void
     DEBUG("%s: buf=%p len=%d eb=%p\n", __func__, buffer, len, eb);
 
     CHECK_PARAM_RET (buffer != NULL, -EINVAL);
-    CHECK_PARAM_RET (len <= ETHERNET_DATA_LEN, -EINVAL);
+    CHECK_PARAM_RET (len <= ETHERNET_MAX_LEN, -EINVAL);
 
     mutex_lock(&_esp_eth_dev.dev_lock);
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ static int _esp_eth_send(netdev_t *netdev, const iolist_t *iolist)
 
     /* load packet data into TX buffer */
     for (const iolist_t *iol = iolist; iol; iol = iol->iol_next) {
-        if (dev->tx_len + iol->iol_len > ETHERNET_DATA_LEN) {
+        if (dev->tx_len + iol->iol_len > ETHERNET_MAX_LEN) {
             mutex_unlock(&dev->dev_lock);
             return -EOVERFLOW;
         }
diff --git a/cpu/esp32/esp-eth/esp_eth_netdev.h b/cpu/esp32/esp-eth/esp_eth_netdev.h
index 0cb2254081d5275d4927f704f5e6ea61b8e05b64..71fb8a090dfee053a964e8e8c75fcf24a356eef0 100644
--- a/cpu/esp32/esp-eth/esp_eth_netdev.h
+++ b/cpu/esp32/esp-eth/esp_eth_netdev.h
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ typedef struct
     uint16_t rx_len;                     /**< number of bytes received */
     uint16_t tx_len;                     /**< number of bytes in transmit buffer */
 
-    uint8_t  rx_buf[ETHERNET_DATA_LEN];  /**< receive buffer */
-    uint8_t  tx_buf[ETHERNET_DATA_LEN];  /**< transmit buffer */
+    uint8_t  rx_buf[ETHERNET_MAX_LEN];  /**< receive buffer */
+    uint8_t  tx_buf[ETHERNET_MAX_LEN];  /**< transmit buffer */
 
     uint32_t event;                     /**< received event */
     bool     link_up;                   /**< indicates whether link is up */