diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h
index a8fe9549ddbc65f068bcb992cc16f4a734428b27..b3885791e11e6fe32e8b3a2187bc3c308f6ddccf 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h
@@ -97,5 +97,23 @@ struct __fdb_entry {
 	__u16 unused;
 };
 
+/* Bridge Flags */
+#define BRIDGE_FLAGS_MASTER	1	/* Bridge command to/from master */
+#define BRIDGE_FLAGS_SELF	2	/* Bridge command to/from lowerdev */
 
+#define BRIDGE_MODE_VEB		0	/* Default loopback mode */
+#define BRIDGE_MODE_VEPA	1	/* 802.1Qbg defined VEPA mode */
+
+/* Bridge management nested attributes
+ * [IFLA_AF_SPEC] = {
+ *     [IFLA_BRIDGE_FLAGS]
+ *     [IFLA_BRIDGE_MODE]
+ * }
+ */
+enum {
+	IFLA_BRIDGE_FLAGS,
+	IFLA_BRIDGE_MODE,
+	__IFLA_BRIDGE_MAX,
+};
+#define IFLA_BRIDGE_MAX (__IFLA_BRIDGE_MAX - 1)
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_IF_BRIDGE_H */
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
index 743511bb73194ef82b76ee0d04512eee48733a5b..14b065cbd214054d91c9465de2c1b834642336e4 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
@@ -166,8 +166,6 @@ int br_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	br_port_state_selection(p->br);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&p->br->lock);
 
-	br_ifinfo_notify(RTM_NEWLINK, p);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
index fdcd5f626ca69848b3c8f2e51291152d44183bef..6f40c14a2a65289cb9a26fb50466197b8e6b91ac 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ struct net_bridge_port
 
 static inline struct net_bridge_port *br_port_get_rcu(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	struct net_bridge_port *port = rcu_dereference(dev->rx_handler_data);
+	struct net_bridge_port *port =
+			rcu_dereference_rtnl(dev->rx_handler_data);
+
 	return br_port_exists(dev) ? port : NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index a068666b322f55c25240a29d849d39587dc12280..8d2af0f77d3619ef311bb5edf263358a991758a8 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2295,13 +2295,60 @@ static int rtnl_bridge_getlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	return skb->len;
 }
 
+static inline size_t bridge_nlmsg_size(void)
+{
+	return NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct ifinfomsg))
+		+ nla_total_size(IFNAMSIZ)	/* IFLA_IFNAME */
+		+ nla_total_size(MAX_ADDR_LEN)	/* IFLA_ADDRESS */
+		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(u32))	/* IFLA_MASTER */
+		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(u32))	/* IFLA_MTU */
+		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(u32))	/* IFLA_LINK */
+		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(u32))	/* IFLA_OPERSTATE */
+		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(u8))	/* IFLA_PROTINFO */
+		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(struct nlattr))	/* IFLA_AF_SPEC */
+		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(u16))	/* IFLA_BRIDGE_FLAGS */
+		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(u16));	/* IFLA_BRIDGE_MODE */
+}
+
+static int rtnl_bridge_notify(struct net_device *dev, u16 flags)
+{
+	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
+	struct net_device *master = dev->master;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	int err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	skb = nlmsg_new(bridge_nlmsg_size(), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!skb) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto errout;
+	}
+
+	if (!flags && master && master->netdev_ops->ndo_bridge_getlink)
+		err = master->netdev_ops->ndo_bridge_getlink(skb, 0, 0, dev);
+	else if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_bridge_getlink)
+		err = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_bridge_getlink(skb, 0, 0, dev);
+
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto errout;
+
+	rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_LINK, NULL, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	return 0;
+errout:
+	WARN_ON(err == -EMSGSIZE);
+	kfree_skb(skb);
+	rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_LINK, err);
+	return err;
+}
+
 static int rtnl_bridge_setlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 			       void *arg)
 {
 	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
 	struct ifinfomsg *ifm;
 	struct net_device *dev;
-	int err = -EINVAL;
+	struct nlattr *br_spec, *attr = NULL;
+	int rem, err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	u16 flags = 0;
 
 	if (nlmsg_len(nlh) < sizeof(*ifm))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -2316,15 +2363,45 @@ static int rtnl_bridge_setlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->master && dev->master->netdev_ops->ndo_bridge_setlink) {
+	br_spec = nlmsg_find_attr(nlh, sizeof(struct ifinfomsg), IFLA_AF_SPEC);
+	if (br_spec) {
+		nla_for_each_nested(attr, br_spec, rem) {
+			if (nla_type(attr) == IFLA_BRIDGE_FLAGS) {
+				flags = nla_get_u16(attr);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!flags || (flags & BRIDGE_FLAGS_MASTER)) {
+		if (!dev->master ||
+		    !dev->master->netdev_ops->ndo_bridge_setlink) {
+			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		err = dev->master->netdev_ops->ndo_bridge_setlink(dev, nlh);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
+
+		flags &= ~BRIDGE_FLAGS_MASTER;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_bridge_setlink)
-		err = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_bridge_setlink(dev, nlh);
+	if ((flags & BRIDGE_FLAGS_SELF)) {
+		if (!dev->netdev_ops->ndo_bridge_setlink)
+			err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		else
+			err = dev->netdev_ops->ndo_bridge_setlink(dev, nlh);
+
+		if (!err)
+			flags &= ~BRIDGE_FLAGS_SELF;
+	}
 
+	if (attr && nla_type(attr) == IFLA_BRIDGE_FLAGS)
+		memcpy(nla_data(attr), &flags, sizeof(flags));
+	/* Generate event to notify upper layer of bridge change */
+	if (!err)
+		err = rtnl_bridge_notify(dev, flags);
 out:
 	return err;
 }