A packet processing apparatus includes a line adapter configured to receive packets from a communication line, a packet combining unit configured to generate a combined packet by combining a plurality of packets received from the communication line, a packet memory configured to store packets received from the communication line, and a combined packet transferring unit configured to DMA transfer the combined packet generated by the packet combining unit to the packet memory. The combined packet transferring unit determines an address of start data of each packet inside the combined packet on the packet memory, writes information on the address into the descriptor that is a predetermined data area on a memory, and DMA transfers the combined packet to the packet memory.