diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/lldp-neighbor.c b/src/libsystemd-network/lldp-neighbor.c
index 53e29377b3..f1fecba6fa 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/lldp-neighbor.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/lldp-neighbor.c
@@ -249,10 +249,9 @@ int lldp_neighbor_parse(sd_lldp_neighbor *n) {
                                 log_lldp("End marker TLV not zero-sized, ignoring datagram.");
                                 return -EBADMSG;
                         }
-                        if (left != 0) {
-                                log_lldp("Trailing garbage in datagram, ignoring datagram.");
-                                return -EBADMSG;
-                        }
+
+                        /* Note that after processing the SD_LLDP_TYPE_END left could still be > 0
+                         * as the message may contain padding (see IEEE 802.1AB-2016, sec. 8.5.12) */
 
                         goto end_marker;