diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index 6de89f19e..dba2e1bf3 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 ----------
 - Bug 2901 - Add CommandLine::Parse (const std::vector<std::string>> args)
 - Bug 2461 - CommandLine should handle non-option arguments
+- Bug 2801 - FdNetDevice device MTU is not set correctly
 
 Known issues
 ------------
diff --git a/src/fd-net-device/helper/emu-fd-net-device-helper.cc b/src/fd-net-device/helper/emu-fd-net-device-helper.cc
index 190a0ab46..025277631 100644
--- a/src/fd-net-device/helper/emu-fd-net-device-helper.cc
+++ b/src/fd-net-device/helper/emu-fd-net-device-helper.cc
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ EmuFdNetDeviceHelper::SetFileDescriptor (Ptr<FdNetDevice> device) const
     }
  
   close (mtufd);
-  device->SetMtu (ifr.ifr_mtu);
+  device->SetMtu (ifr2.ifr_mtu);
 }
 
 int