diff --git a/scapy/layers/l2.py b/scapy/layers/l2.py
index 48de4b8ff66ecafa85b021dd1b7f3fc0dcfa4743..03ff5f1f0f6fa185f7ae09cd1adcde86bb9cb09e 100644
--- a/scapy/layers/l2.py
+++ b/scapy/layers/l2.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class Ether(Packet):
     name = "Ethernet"
     fields_desc = [ DestMACField("dst"),
                     SourceMACField("src"),
-                    XShortEnumField("type", 0x0000, ETHER_TYPES) ]
+                    XShortEnumField("type", 0x9000, ETHER_TYPES) ]
     def hashret(self):
         return struct.pack("H",self.type)+self.payload.hashret()
     def answers(self, other):