diff --git a/net/core/flow_dissector.c b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
index 164de39fd262..7ab80767d94c 100644
--- a/net/core/flow_dissector.c
+++ b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
@@ -1239,16 +1239,13 @@ bool __skb_flow_dissect(const struct net *net,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		/* least significant bit of the most significant octet
-		 * indicates if protocol field was compressed
+		/* PFC (compressed 1-byte protocol) frames are not processed.
+		 * A compressed protocol field has the least significant bit of
+		 * the most significant octet set, which will fail the following
+		 * ppp_proto_is_valid(), returning FLOW_DISSECT_RET_OUT_BAD.
 		 */
 		ppp_proto = ntohs(hdr->proto);
-		if (ppp_proto & 0x0100) {
-			ppp_proto = ppp_proto >> 8;
-			nhoff += PPPOE_SES_HLEN - 1;
-		} else {
-			nhoff += PPPOE_SES_HLEN;
-		}
+		nhoff += PPPOE_SES_HLEN;
 
 		if (ppp_proto == PPP_IP) {
 			proto = htons(ETH_P_IP);