diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c
index 4b2b57018a02bdf85b9510bf1e6a96006b4bac7e..4a9a8c8184d8e6390aa7b93986d9550924b3f7f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
 #include <linux/mii.h>
+#include <linux/if.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
 #include <net/ip.h>
 #include <net/tcp.h>
@@ -8370,6 +8371,7 @@ bnx2_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	dev->vlan_features = dev->hw_features;
 	dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_TX | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_RX;
 	dev->features |= dev->hw_features;
+	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
 
 	if ((rc = register_netdev(dev))) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot register net device\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
index f90e3fa61ac225bc4da9270c651b0a2d27a13f53..f4ab90c2089124164656f22350bd358d48a6cb03 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <linux/time.h>
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
 #include <linux/mii.h>
+#include <linux/if.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
 #include <net/ip.h>
 #include <net/ipv6.h>
@@ -10266,6 +10267,8 @@ static int __devinit bnx2x_init_dev(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	dev->netdev_ops = &bnx2x_netdev_ops;
 	bnx2x_set_ethtool_ops(dev);
 
+	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
+
 	dev->hw_features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM |
 		NETIF_F_TSO | NETIF_F_TSO_ECN | NETIF_F_TSO6 |
 		NETIF_F_RXCSUM | NETIF_F_LRO | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_TX;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
index c9957b7f17b57f0d746bbf2987684b49c7ce3ba3..90b4921cac9b432ac0b414692f698ca192f17aa0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <linux/firmware.h>
+#include <linux/if.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/log2.h>
@@ -3639,6 +3640,8 @@ static int __devinit init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		netdev->features |= netdev->hw_features | highdma;
 		netdev->vlan_features = netdev->features & VLAN_FEAT;
 
+		netdev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
+
 		netdev->netdev_ops = &cxgb4_netdev_ops;
 		SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(netdev, &cxgb_ethtool_ops);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
index ec799139dfe26a638b89883fb12a94fa29898cce..da9072bfca8b859a508943d1abdc9fd12201865c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
@@ -2625,6 +2625,8 @@ static int __devinit cxgb4vf_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		if (pci_using_dac)
 			netdev->features |= NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
 
+		netdev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
+
 		netdev->netdev_ops = &cxgb4vf_netdev_ops;
 		SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(netdev, &cxgb4vf_ethtool_ops);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c
index 67a27cd304dda1198f11a297334bd2512abe4ede..f342be0c51aa30d6b99b176adaa50789566d1724 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cisco/enic/enic_main.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
+#include <linux/if.h>
 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
@@ -2442,6 +2443,8 @@ static int __devinit enic_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	if (using_dac)
 		netdev->features |= NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
 
+	netdev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
+
 	err = register_netdev(netdev);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Cannot register net device, aborting\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
index f97afda941d727a2b6e2afb8370ac46847c08b4d..7c280e5832b2023a543ef7bba5b4855e7067bdf5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_main.c
@@ -1080,6 +1080,8 @@ static int __devinit e1000_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	netdev->vlan_features |= NETIF_F_HW_CSUM;
 	netdev->vlan_features |= NETIF_F_SG;
 
+	netdev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
+
 	adapter->en_mng_pt = e1000_enable_mng_pass_thru(hw);
 
 	/* initialize eeprom parameters */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index 40d4c405fd7e0218703c091619a632b8525cd2c6..592b5c1827bcecd0ab5695ab04408e669fde83e3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <linux/net_tstamp.h>
 #include <linux/mii.h>
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
+#include <linux/if.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/pci-aspm.h>
@@ -1973,6 +1974,8 @@ static int __devinit igb_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 		netdev->features |= NETIF_F_SCTP_CSUM;
 	}
 
+	netdev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
+
 	adapter->en_mng_pt = igb_enable_mng_pass_thru(hw);
 
 	/* before reading the NVM, reset the controller to put the device in a
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index e86297b32733e8a0af34a329a3f839ce2c57205b..8c70273b01bcff1c34310ca10e65b9929e4142a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <net/checksum.h>
 #include <net/ip6_checksum.h>
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
+#include <linux/if.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
 #include <scsi/fc/fc_fcoe.h>
@@ -7527,6 +7528,8 @@ static int __devinit ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	netdev->vlan_features |= NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM;
 	netdev->vlan_features |= NETIF_F_SG;
 
+	netdev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
+
 	if (adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_SRIOV_ENABLED)
 		adapter->flags &= ~(IXGBE_FLAG_RSS_ENABLED |
 				    IXGBE_FLAG_DCB_ENABLED);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 3b880a27f8d118eb6b08fcd5e23678bdf2c27653..45b007827024291377e1fa032b9c7c874becc7c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <net/checksum.h>
 #include <net/ip6_checksum.h>
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
+#include <linux/if.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
 #include <linux/prefetch.h>
 
@@ -3358,6 +3359,8 @@ static int __devinit ixgbevf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	if (pci_using_dac)
 		netdev->features |= NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
 
+	netdev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
+
 	/* The HW MAC address was set and/or determined in sw_init */
 	memcpy(netdev->dev_addr, adapter->hw.mac.addr, netdev->addr_len);
 	memcpy(netdev->perm_addr, adapter->hw.mac.addr, netdev->addr_len);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
index 259699983ca51c272a3ee42bfd4d922c85238440..1e2c9f072bfd3af99f9cb5c710f752cd4d4ba9f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
@@ -2923,6 +2923,8 @@ static int mv643xx_eth_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	dev->features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_RXCSUM;
 	dev->vlan_features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_IP_CSUM;
 
+	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
+
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev);
 
 	if (mp->shared->win_protect)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
index 429e08c84e9bb2e3a8860124abb2d5fb6b7f760f..d6f96e50e2f4dbbb973ea9e547953c842d77414b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
+#include <linux/if.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/phy.h>
@@ -1102,6 +1103,8 @@ static int __devinit octeon_mgmt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	tasklet_init(&p->tx_clean_tasklet,
 		     octeon_mgmt_clean_tx_tasklet, (unsigned long)p);
 
+	netdev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
+
 	netdev->netdev_ops = &octeon_mgmt_ops;
 	netdev->ethtool_ops = &octeon_mgmt_ethtool_ops;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index c6e567e04effdb1ba3a5c77c228956e757dbef22..68fb5b0593a09056dc581ae8913c5d7ac74f5c32 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <linux/crc32.h>
 #include <linux/mii.h>
 #include <linux/phy.h>
+#include <linux/if.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -1284,7 +1285,7 @@ static int stmmac_config(struct net_device *dev, struct ifmap *map)
 }
 
 /**
- *  stmmac_multicast_list - entry point for multicast addressing
+ *  stmmac_set_rx_mode - entry point for multicast addressing
  *  @dev : pointer to the device structure
  *  Description:
  *  This function is a driver entry point which gets called by the kernel
@@ -1292,7 +1293,7 @@ static int stmmac_config(struct net_device *dev, struct ifmap *map)
  *  Return value:
  *  void.
  */
-static void stmmac_multicast_list(struct net_device *dev)
+static void stmmac_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct stmmac_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
@@ -1421,7 +1422,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops stmmac_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_stop = stmmac_release,
 	.ndo_change_mtu = stmmac_change_mtu,
 	.ndo_fix_features = stmmac_fix_features,
-	.ndo_set_multicast_list = stmmac_multicast_list,
+	.ndo_set_rx_mode = stmmac_set_rx_mode,
 	.ndo_tx_timeout = stmmac_tx_timeout,
 	.ndo_do_ioctl = stmmac_ioctl,
 	.ndo_set_config = stmmac_config,
@@ -1498,10 +1499,12 @@ static int stmmac_mac_device_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	struct mac_device_info *device;
 
-	if (priv->plat->has_gmac)
+	if (priv->plat->has_gmac) {
+		dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
 		device = dwmac1000_setup(priv->ioaddr);
-	else
+	} else {
 		device = dwmac100_setup(priv->ioaddr);
+	}
 
 	if (!device)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
index ed47585a6862b2d49af9e51a3f1ac3cab70ce3f6..3c9ef1c196a920170a1075c66eb20ec1ba063245 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/mii.h>
+#include <linux/if.h>
 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
 #include <linux/if_vlan.h>
 #include <linux/ip.h>
@@ -9716,7 +9717,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops niu_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_stop		= niu_close,
 	.ndo_start_xmit		= niu_start_xmit,
 	.ndo_get_stats64	= niu_get_stats,
-	.ndo_set_multicast_list	= niu_set_rx_mode,
+	.ndo_set_rx_mode	= niu_set_rx_mode,
 	.ndo_validate_addr	= eth_validate_addr,
 	.ndo_set_mac_address	= niu_set_mac_addr,
 	.ndo_do_ioctl		= niu_ioctl,
@@ -9852,6 +9853,8 @@ static int __devinit niu_pci_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 
 	niu_set_basic_features(dev);
 
+	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
+
 	np->regs = pci_ioremap_bar(pdev, 0);
 	if (!np->regs) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot map device registers, aborting\n");
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 0c7321c35ad408ab7ec4ce62383cc2afdf90b541..4f09f88f1c28bcc110cab16c1c48238c936a6d84 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -949,6 +949,7 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* Set up network device as normal. */
+	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
 	dev->netdev_ops = &virtnet_netdev;
 	dev->features = NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/if.h b/include/linux/if.h
index 03489ca92ded4e1f901af97a76e0ca042297cdd0..db20bd4fd16b9189534a0cc15aa6335925cd3ace 100644
--- a/include/linux/if.h
+++ b/include/linux/if.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 					 * datapath port */
 #define IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING	0x10000	/* The interface supports sharing
 					 * skbs on transmit */
+#define IFF_UNICAST_FLT	0x20000		/* Supports unicast filtering	*/
 
 #define IF_GET_IFACE	0x0001		/* for querying only */
 #define IF_GET_PROTO	0x0002
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index ddee79bb8f1583e8dd45a46e25e264da84967104..96e4f7e0ad685ce8151665086036a1406aaf7d95 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -723,6 +723,8 @@ struct netdev_tc_txq {
  *
  * void (*ndo_set_rx_mode)(struct net_device *dev);
  *	This function is called device changes address list filtering.
+ *	If driver handles unicast address filtering, it should set
+ *	IFF_UNICAST_FLT to its priv_flags.
  *
  * void (*ndo_set_multicast_list)(struct net_device *dev);
  *	This function is called when the multicast address list changes.
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index a8d91a5dd9094afaf4346bbf8dee55aad7b57447..6eb03fdaf07580f215e6084e0534c81d202c77e8 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4522,9 +4522,7 @@ void __dev_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (!netif_device_present(dev))
 		return;
 
-	if (ops->ndo_set_rx_mode)
-		ops->ndo_set_rx_mode(dev);
-	else {
+	if (!(dev->priv_flags & IFF_UNICAST_FLT)) {
 		/* Unicast addresses changes may only happen under the rtnl,
 		 * therefore calling __dev_set_promiscuity here is safe.
 		 */
@@ -4535,10 +4533,12 @@ void __dev_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)
 			__dev_set_promiscuity(dev, -1);
 			dev->uc_promisc = false;
 		}
-
-		if (ops->ndo_set_multicast_list)
-			ops->ndo_set_multicast_list(dev);
 	}
+
+	if (ops->ndo_set_rx_mode)
+		ops->ndo_set_rx_mode(dev);
+	else if (ops->ndo_set_multicast_list)
+		ops->ndo_set_multicast_list(dev);
 }
 
 void dev_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev)