diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c
index 68c23a64e565..dbfd3a0c97d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc.c
@@ -1182,6 +1182,7 @@ static int netvsc_receive(struct net_device *ndev,
 }
 
 static void netvsc_send_table(struct net_device *ndev,
+			      struct netvsc_device *nvscdev,
 			      const struct nvsp_message *nvmsg,
 			      u32 msglen)
 {
@@ -1197,6 +1198,16 @@ static void netvsc_send_table(struct net_device *ndev,
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/* If negotiated version <= NVSP_PROTOCOL_VERSION_6, the offset may be
+	 * wrong due to a host bug. So fix the offset here.
+	 */
+	if (nvscdev->nvsp_version <= NVSP_PROTOCOL_VERSION_6 &&
+	    msglen >= sizeof(struct nvsp_message_header) +
+	    sizeof(union nvsp_6_message_uber) + count * sizeof(u32))
+		offset = sizeof(struct nvsp_message_header) +
+			 sizeof(union nvsp_6_message_uber);
+
+	/* Boundary check for all versions */
 	if (offset > msglen - count * sizeof(u32)) {
 		netdev_err(ndev, "Received send-table offset too big:%u\n",
 			   offset);
@@ -1222,12 +1233,13 @@ static void netvsc_send_vf(struct net_device *ndev,
 }
 
 static void netvsc_receive_inband(struct net_device *ndev,
+				  struct netvsc_device *nvscdev,
 				  const struct nvsp_message *nvmsg,
 				  u32 msglen)
 {
 	switch (nvmsg->hdr.msg_type) {
 	case NVSP_MSG5_TYPE_SEND_INDIRECTION_TABLE:
-		netvsc_send_table(ndev, nvmsg, msglen);
+		netvsc_send_table(ndev, nvscdev, nvmsg, msglen);
 		break;
 
 	case NVSP_MSG4_TYPE_SEND_VF_ASSOCIATION:
@@ -1260,7 +1272,7 @@ static int netvsc_process_raw_pkt(struct hv_device *device,
 		break;
 
 	case VM_PKT_DATA_INBAND:
-		netvsc_receive_inband(ndev, nvmsg, msglen);
+		netvsc_receive_inband(ndev, net_device, nvmsg, msglen);
 		break;
 
 	default: