1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 334b930e0de3..bc9e380f0abf 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -659,6 +659,12 @@ static void set_operstate(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char transition)
         }
 }
 
+static unsigned int rtnl_dev_get_flags(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+        return (dev->flags & ~(IFF_PROMISC | IFF_ALLMULTI)) |
+               (dev->gflags & (IFF_PROMISC | IFF_ALLMULTI));
+}
+
 static unsigned int rtnl_dev_combine_flags(const struct net_device *dev,
                                            const struct ifinfomsg *ifm)
 {
@@ -667,7 +673,7 @@ static unsigned int rtnl_dev_combine_flags(const struct net_device *dev,
         /* bugwards compatibility: ifi_change == 0 is treated as ~0 */
         if (ifm->ifi_change)
                 flags = (flags & ifm->ifi_change) |
-                        (dev->flags & ~ifm->ifi_change);
+                        (rtnl_dev_get_flags(dev) & ~ifm->ifi_change);
 
         return flags;
 }