diff --git a/apps/igmp/src/main/java/org/onosproject/igmp/IgmpSnoop.java b/apps/igmp/src/main/java/org/onosproject/igmp/IgmpSnoop.java
index 58e5826fe2..4a3fc94ed4 100644
--- a/apps/igmp/src/main/java/org/onosproject/igmp/IgmpSnoop.java
+++ b/apps/igmp/src/main/java/org/onosproject/igmp/IgmpSnoop.java
@@ -368,6 +368,8 @@ public class IgmpSnoop {
 
         eth.setPayload(ip);
 
+        eth.setPad(true);
+
         return ByteBuffer.wrap(eth.serialize());
     }