diff --git a/drivers/netdev_eth/netdev_eth.c b/drivers/netdev_eth/netdev_eth.c
index df420461e8257457bc6b7e5f272a49195ab33cae..9bdbefad5b40d48931b47ddd1454d2daed4fad10 100644
--- a/drivers/netdev_eth/netdev_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/netdev_eth/netdev_eth.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ int netdev_eth_get(netdev_t *dev, netopt_t opt, void *value, size_t max_len)
                 res = sizeof(uint16_t);
                 break;
             }
-        case NETOPT_MAX_PACKET_SIZE:
+        case NETOPT_MAX_PDU_SIZE:
             {
                 assert(max_len >= 2);
                 uint16_t *val = (uint16_t*) value;