1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 60406b01f9eb..5360f73c9817 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ static const struct header_ops macvlan_hard_header_ops = {
         .cache_update   = eth_header_cache_update,
 };
 
+static struct rtnl_link_ops macvlan_link_ops;
+
 static int macvlan_open(struct net_device *dev)
 {
         struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -353,7 +355,8 @@ static int macvlan_open(struct net_device *dev)
                 goto hash_add;
         }
 
-        if (lowerdev->features & NETIF_F_HW_L2FW_DOFFLOAD) {
+        if (lowerdev->features & NETIF_F_HW_L2FW_DOFFLOAD &&
+            dev->rtnl_link_ops == &macvlan_link_ops) {
                 vlan->fwd_priv =
                       lowerdev->netdev_ops->ndo_dfwd_add_station(lowerdev, dev);