diff --git a/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netknsh/defconfig b/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netknsh/defconfig
index 32513f51457..1d9aee774ca 100644
--- a/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netknsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netknsh/defconfig
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ CONFIG_NETUTILS_TFTPC=y
 CONFIG_NETUTILS_WEBCLIENT=y
 CONFIG_NET_BROADCAST=y
 CONFIG_NET_ETH_PKTSIZE=1514
+CONFIG_NET_GUARDSIZE=4
 CONFIG_NET_ICMP=y
 CONFIG_NET_ICMP_SOCKET=y
 CONFIG_NET_MAX_LISTENPORTS=8
diff --git a/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netnsh/defconfig b/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netnsh/defconfig
index c869f8b1d08..b6494913b99 100644
--- a/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netnsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netnsh/defconfig
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ CONFIG_NETUTILS_TFTPC=y
 CONFIG_NETUTILS_WEBCLIENT=y
 CONFIG_NET_BROADCAST=y
 CONFIG_NET_ETH_PKTSIZE=1514
+CONFIG_NET_GUARDSIZE=4
 CONFIG_NET_ICMP=y
 CONFIG_NET_ICMP_SOCKET=y
 CONFIG_NET_MAX_LISTENPORTS=8
diff --git a/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netnsh_smp/defconfig b/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netnsh_smp/defconfig
index b20e949a853..18b2b18d0a1 100644
--- a/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netnsh_smp/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm/imx6/sabre-6quad/configs/netnsh_smp/defconfig
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ CONFIG_NETUTILS_TFTPC=y
 CONFIG_NETUTILS_WEBCLIENT=y
 CONFIG_NET_BROADCAST=y
 CONFIG_NET_ETH_PKTSIZE=1514
+CONFIG_NET_GUARDSIZE=4
 CONFIG_NET_ICMP=y
 CONFIG_NET_ICMP_SOCKET=y
 CONFIG_NET_MAX_LISTENPORTS=8