diff --git a/sys/dev/ixl/ixl.h b/sys/dev/ixl/ixl.h
--- a/sys/dev/ixl/ixl.h
+++ b/sys/dev/ixl/ixl.h
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@
 	u64			rx_packets;
 	u64 			rx_bytes;
 	u64 			desc_errs;
+	u64			csum_errs;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/sys/dev/ixl/ixl_pf_main.c b/sys/dev/ixl/ixl_pf_main.c
--- a/sys/dev/ixl/ixl_pf_main.c
+++ b/sys/dev/ixl/ixl_pf_main.c
@@ -808,6 +808,11 @@
 	vsi_list = SYSCTL_CHILDREN(vsi->vsi_node);
 	ixl_add_sysctls_eth_stats(&vsi->sysctl_ctx, vsi_list, &vsi->eth_stats);
 
+	/* Copy of netstat RX errors counter for validation purposes */
+	SYSCTL_ADD_UQUAD(&vsi->sysctl_ctx, vsi_list, OID_AUTO, "rx_errors",
+			CTLFLAG_RD, &vsi->ierrors,
+			"RX packet errors");
+
 	if (queues_sysctls)
 		ixl_vsi_add_queues_stats(vsi, &vsi->sysctl_ctx);
 }
@@ -2183,7 +2188,7 @@
 	struct ixl_pf		*pf;
 	struct ifnet		*ifp;
 	struct i40e_eth_stats	*es;
-	u64			tx_discards;
+	u64			tx_discards, csum_errs;
 
 	struct i40e_hw_port_stats *nsd;
 
@@ -2196,6 +2201,11 @@
 
 	tx_discards = es->tx_discards + nsd->tx_dropped_link_down;
 
+	csum_errs = 0;
+	for (int i = 0; i < vsi->num_rx_queues; i++)
+		csum_errs += vsi->rx_queues[i].rxr.csum_errs;
+	nsd->checksum_error = csum_errs;
+
 	/* Update ifnet stats */
 	IXL_SET_IPACKETS(vsi, es->rx_unicast +
 	                   es->rx_multicast +
@@ -2209,7 +2219,8 @@
 	IXL_SET_OMCASTS(vsi, es->tx_multicast);
 
 	IXL_SET_IERRORS(vsi, nsd->crc_errors + nsd->illegal_bytes +
-	    nsd->rx_undersize + nsd->rx_oversize + nsd->rx_fragments +
+	    nsd->checksum_error + nsd->rx_length_errors +
+	    nsd->rx_undersize + nsd->rx_fragments + nsd->rx_oversize +
 	    nsd->rx_jabber);
 	IXL_SET_OERRORS(vsi, es->tx_errors);
 	IXL_SET_IQDROPS(vsi, es->rx_discards + nsd->eth.rx_discards);
diff --git a/sys/dev/ixl/ixl_txrx.c b/sys/dev/ixl/ixl_txrx.c
--- a/sys/dev/ixl/ixl_txrx.c
+++ b/sys/dev/ixl/ixl_txrx.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 #endif
 
 /* Local Prototypes */
-static void	ixl_rx_checksum(if_rxd_info_t ri, u32 status, u32 error, u8 ptype);
+static u8	ixl_rx_checksum(if_rxd_info_t ri, u32 status, u32 error, u8 ptype);
 
 static int	ixl_isc_txd_encap(void *arg, if_pkt_info_t pi);
 static void	ixl_isc_txd_flush(void *arg, uint16_t txqid, qidx_t pidx);
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@
 	rxr->rx_packets++;
 
 	if ((if_getcapenable(vsi->ifp) & IFCAP_RXCSUM) != 0)
-		ixl_rx_checksum(ri, status, error, ptype);
+		rxr->csum_errs += ixl_rx_checksum(ri, status, error, ptype);
 	ri->iri_flowid = le32toh(cur->wb.qword0.hi_dword.rss);
 	ri->iri_rsstype = ixl_ptype_to_hash(ptype);
 	ri->iri_vtag = vtag;
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@
  *  doesn't spend time verifying the checksum.
  *
  *********************************************************************/
-static void
+static u8
 ixl_rx_checksum(if_rxd_info_t ri, u32 status, u32 error, u8 ptype)
 {
 	struct i40e_rx_ptype_decoded decoded;
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@
 
 	/* No L3 or L4 checksum was calculated */
 	if (!(status & (1 << I40E_RX_DESC_STATUS_L3L4P_SHIFT)))
-		return;
+		return (0);
 
 	decoded = decode_rx_desc_ptype(ptype);
 
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@
 		if (status &
 		    (1 << I40E_RX_DESC_STATUS_IPV6EXADD_SHIFT)) {
 			ri->iri_csum_flags = 0;
-			return;
+			return (1);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -764,17 +764,19 @@
 
 	/* IPv4 checksum error */
 	if (error & (1 << I40E_RX_DESC_ERROR_IPE_SHIFT))
-		return;
+		return (1);
 
 	ri->iri_csum_flags |= CSUM_L3_VALID;
 	ri->iri_csum_flags |= CSUM_L4_CALC;
 
 	/* L4 checksum error */
 	if (error & (1 << I40E_RX_DESC_ERROR_L4E_SHIFT))
-		return;
+		return (1);
 
 	ri->iri_csum_flags |= CSUM_L4_VALID;
 	ri->iri_csum_data |= htons(0xffff);
+
+	return (0);
 }
 
 /* Set Report Status queue fields to 0 */