diff --git a/sys/dev/ixgbe/if_ix.c b/sys/dev/ixgbe/if_ix.c
--- a/sys/dev/ixgbe/if_ix.c
+++ b/sys/dev/ixgbe/if_ix.c
@@ -1577,19 +1577,14 @@
 	 * Aggregate following types of errors as RX errors:
 	 * - CRC error count,
 	 * - illegal byte error count,
-	 * - checksum error count,
 	 * - missed packets count,
 	 * - length error count,
 	 * - undersized packets count,
 	 * - fragmented packets count,
 	 * - oversized packets count,
 	 * - jabber count.
-	 *
-	 * Ignore XEC errors for 82599 to workaround errata about
-	 * UDP frames with zero checksum.
 	 */
 	IXGBE_SET_IERRORS(sc, stats->crcerrs + stats->illerrc +
-	    (hw->mac.type != ixgbe_mac_82599EB ? stats->xec : 0) +
 	    stats->mpc[0] + stats->rlec + stats->ruc + stats->rfc + stats->roc +
 	    stats->rjc);
 } /* ixgbe_update_stats_counters */
diff --git a/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.h b/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
--- a/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
+++ b/sys/dev/ixgbe/ixgbe.h
@@ -507,7 +507,6 @@
     "\nSum of the following RX errors counters:\n" \
     " * CRC errors,\n" \
     " * illegal byte error count,\n" \
-    " * checksum error count,\n" \
     " * missed packet count,\n" \
     " * length error count,\n" \
     " * undersized packets count,\n" \