diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
index 141dbec912be..b9b562b9128a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/cdc_ncm.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static void cdc_ncm_update_rxtx_max(struct usbnet *dev, u32 new_rx, u32 new_tx)
 	}
 
 	/* clamp new_tx to sane values */
-	min = CDC_NCM_MIN_HDR_SIZE + ctx->max_datagram_size;
+	min = ctx->max_datagram_size + ctx->max_ndp_size + sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_nth16);
 	max = min_t(u32, CDC_NCM_NTB_MAX_SIZE_TX, le32_to_cpu(ctx->ncm_parm.dwNtbOutMaxSize));
 
 	/* some devices set dwNtbOutMaxSize too low for the above default */
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ static int cdc_ncm_init(struct usbnet *dev)
 			(ctx->tx_max_datagrams > CDC_NCM_DPT_DATAGRAMS_MAX))
 		ctx->tx_max_datagrams = CDC_NCM_DPT_DATAGRAMS_MAX;
 
+	/* set up maximum NDP size */
+	ctx->max_ndp_size = sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_ndp16) + (ctx->tx_max_datagrams + 1) * sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_dpe16);
+
 	/* initial coalescing timer interval */
 	ctx->timer_interval = CDC_NCM_TIMER_INTERVAL_USEC * NSEC_PER_USEC;
 
@@ -800,7 +803,7 @@ static struct usb_cdc_ncm_ndp16 *cdc_ncm_ndp(struct cdc_ncm_ctx *ctx, struct sk_
 	cdc_ncm_align_tail(skb, ctx->tx_ndp_modulus, 0, ctx->tx_max);
 
 	/* verify that there is room for the NDP and the datagram (reserve) */
-	if ((ctx->tx_max - skb->len - reserve) < CDC_NCM_NDP_SIZE)
+	if ((ctx->tx_max - skb->len - reserve) < ctx->max_ndp_size)
 		return NULL;
 
 	/* link to it */
@@ -810,7 +813,7 @@ static struct usb_cdc_ncm_ndp16 *cdc_ncm_ndp(struct cdc_ncm_ctx *ctx, struct sk_
 		nth16->wNdpIndex = cpu_to_le16(skb->len);
 
 	/* push a new empty NDP */
-	ndp16 = (struct usb_cdc_ncm_ndp16 *)memset(skb_put(skb, CDC_NCM_NDP_SIZE), 0, CDC_NCM_NDP_SIZE);
+	ndp16 = (struct usb_cdc_ncm_ndp16 *)memset(skb_put(skb, ctx->max_ndp_size), 0, ctx->max_ndp_size);
 	ndp16->dwSignature = sign;
 	ndp16->wLength = cpu_to_le16(sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_ndp16) + sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_dpe16));
 	return ndp16;
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/cdc_ncm.h b/include/linux/usb/cdc_ncm.h
index 5c1066b4dc41..60a44b8a464e 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/cdc_ncm.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/cdc_ncm.h
@@ -76,15 +76,6 @@
 #define CDC_NCM_TIMER_INTERVAL_MIN		5UL
 #define CDC_NCM_TIMER_INTERVAL_MAX		(15UL * USEC_PER_SEC)
 
-/* The following macro defines the minimum header space */
-#define	CDC_NCM_MIN_HDR_SIZE \
-	(sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_nth16) + sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_ndp16) + \
-	(CDC_NCM_DPT_DATAGRAMS_MAX + 1) * sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_dpe16))
-
-#define CDC_NCM_NDP_SIZE \
-	(sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_ndp16) +				\
-	      (CDC_NCM_DPT_DATAGRAMS_MAX + 1) * sizeof(struct usb_cdc_ncm_dpe16))
-
 #define cdc_ncm_comm_intf_is_mbim(x)  ((x)->desc.bInterfaceSubClass == USB_CDC_SUBCLASS_MBIM && \
 				       (x)->desc.bInterfaceProtocol == USB_CDC_PROTO_NONE)
 #define cdc_ncm_data_intf_is_mbim(x)  ((x)->desc.bInterfaceProtocol == USB_CDC_MBIM_PROTO_NTB)
@@ -110,6 +101,7 @@ struct cdc_ncm_ctx {
 	atomic_t stop;
 
 	u64 timer_interval;
+	u32 max_ndp_size;
 
 	u32 tx_timer_pending;
 	u32 tx_curr_frame_num;