diff --git a/drivers/net/vrf.c b/drivers/net/vrf.c
index 7f28021d9d93393c68ef2a38cd508ecd33e264cd..cdf7253ae89e04db264e9591113c1522d4579b4f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vrf.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vrf.c
@@ -104,6 +104,23 @@ static void vrf_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev,
 	}
 }
 
+/* by default VRF devices do not have a qdisc and are expected
+ * to be created with only a single queue.
+ */
+static bool qdisc_tx_is_default(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct netdev_queue *txq;
+	struct Qdisc *qdisc;
+
+	if (dev->num_tx_queues > 1)
+		return false;
+
+	txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, 0);
+	qdisc = rcu_access_pointer(txq->qdisc);
+
+	return !qdisc->enqueue;
+}
+
 /* Local traffic destined to local address. Reinsert the packet to rx
  * path, similar to loopback handling.
  */
@@ -357,6 +374,29 @@ static netdev_tx_t vrf_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int vrf_finish_direct(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
+			     struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct net_device *vrf_dev = skb->dev;
+
+	if (!list_empty(&vrf_dev->ptype_all) &&
+	    likely(skb_headroom(skb) >= ETH_HLEN)) {
+		struct ethhdr *eth = (struct ethhdr *)skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+
+		ether_addr_copy(eth->h_source, vrf_dev->dev_addr);
+		eth_zero_addr(eth->h_dest);
+		eth->h_proto = skb->protocol;
+
+		rcu_read_lock_bh();
+		dev_queue_xmit_nit(skb, vrf_dev);
+		rcu_read_unlock_bh();
+
+		skb_pull(skb, ETH_HLEN);
+	}
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 /* modelled after ip6_finish_output2 */
 static int vrf_finish_output6(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
@@ -607,18 +647,13 @@ static int vrf_output(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
  * packet to go through device based features such as qdisc, netfilter
  * hooks and packet sockets with skb->dev set to vrf device.
  */
-static struct sk_buff *vrf_ip_out(struct net_device *vrf_dev,
-				  struct sock *sk,
-				  struct sk_buff *skb)
+static struct sk_buff *vrf_ip_out_redirect(struct net_device *vrf_dev,
+					   struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct net_vrf *vrf = netdev_priv(vrf_dev);
 	struct dst_entry *dst = NULL;
 	struct rtable *rth;
 
-	/* don't divert multicast */
-	if (ipv4_is_multicast(ip_hdr(skb)->daddr))
-		return skb;
-
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	rth = rcu_dereference(vrf->rth);
@@ -640,6 +675,55 @@ static struct sk_buff *vrf_ip_out(struct net_device *vrf_dev,
 	return skb;
 }
 
+static int vrf_output_direct(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
+			     struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IP);
+
+	return NF_HOOK_COND(NFPROTO_IPV4, NF_INET_POST_ROUTING,
+			    net, sk, skb, NULL, skb->dev,
+			    vrf_finish_direct,
+			    !(IPCB(skb)->flags & IPSKB_REROUTED));
+}
+
+static struct sk_buff *vrf_ip_out_direct(struct net_device *vrf_dev,
+					 struct sock *sk,
+					 struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct net *net = dev_net(vrf_dev);
+	int err;
+
+	skb->dev = vrf_dev;
+
+	err = nf_hook(NFPROTO_IPV4, NF_INET_LOCAL_OUT, net, sk,
+		      skb, NULL, vrf_dev, vrf_output_direct);
+
+	if (likely(err == 1))
+		err = vrf_output_direct(net, sk, skb);
+
+	/* reset skb device */
+	if (likely(err == 1))
+		nf_reset(skb);
+	else
+		skb = NULL;
+
+	return skb;
+}
+
+static struct sk_buff *vrf_ip_out(struct net_device *vrf_dev,
+				  struct sock *sk,
+				  struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	/* don't divert multicast */
+	if (ipv4_is_multicast(ip_hdr(skb)->daddr))
+		return skb;
+
+	if (qdisc_tx_is_default(vrf_dev))
+		return vrf_ip_out_direct(vrf_dev, sk, skb);
+
+	return vrf_ip_out_redirect(vrf_dev, skb);
+}
+
 /* called with rcu lock held */
 static struct sk_buff *vrf_l3_out(struct net_device *vrf_dev,
 				  struct sock *sk,
@@ -1023,9 +1107,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *vrf_ip_rcv(struct net_device *vrf_dev,
 
 	vrf_rx_stats(vrf_dev, skb->len);
 
-	skb_push(skb, skb->mac_len);
-	dev_queue_xmit_nit(skb, vrf_dev);
-	skb_pull(skb, skb->mac_len);
+	if (!list_empty(&vrf_dev->ptype_all)) {
+		skb_push(skb, skb->mac_len);
+		dev_queue_xmit_nit(skb, vrf_dev);
+		skb_pull(skb, skb->mac_len);
+	}
 
 	skb = vrf_rcv_nfhook(NFPROTO_IPV4, NF_INET_PRE_ROUTING, skb, vrf_dev);
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