2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/defines.h b/drivers/net/e1000e/defines.h
index db05ec355749..e301e26d6897 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/defines.h
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/defines.h
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@
 #define E1000_RXCSUM_IPPCSE    0x00001000   /* IP payload checksum enable */
 
 /* Header split receive */
+#define E1000_RFCTL_NFSW_DIS            0x00000040
+#define E1000_RFCTL_NFSR_DIS            0x00000080
 #define E1000_RFCTL_ACK_DIS             0x00001000
 #define E1000_RFCTL_EXTEN               0x00008000
 #define E1000_RFCTL_IPV6_EX_DIS         0x00010000
diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c b/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
index 54d03a0ce3ce..8b5e157e9c87 100644
--- a/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/e1000e/ich8lan.c
@@ -2740,6 +2740,16 @@ static void e1000_initialize_hw_bits_ich8lan(struct e1000_hw *hw)
                 reg &= ~(1 << 31);
                 ew32(STATUS, reg);
         }
+
+        /*
+         * work-around descriptor data corruption issue during nfs v2 udp
+         * traffic, just disable the nfs filtering capability
+         */
+        reg = er32(RFCTL);
+        reg |= (E1000_RFCTL_NFSW_DIS | E1000_RFCTL_NFSR_DIS);
+        ew32(RFCTL, reg);
+
+        return;
 }
 
 /**