diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 90ac95900a11c65222950105b76384c050afcf48..888d5513fa4ac8a46b5247103982bf1d34e4633d 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ struct napi_struct {
 	struct net_device	*dev;
 	struct sk_buff		*gro_list;
 	struct sk_buff		*skb;
+	struct hrtimer		timer;
 	struct list_head	dev_list;
 	struct hlist_node	napi_hash_node;
 	unsigned int		napi_id;
@@ -443,14 +444,19 @@ static inline bool napi_reschedule(struct napi_struct *napi)
 	return false;
 }
 
+void __napi_complete(struct napi_struct *n);
+void napi_complete_done(struct napi_struct *n, int work_done);
 /**
  *	napi_complete - NAPI processing complete
  *	@n: napi context
  *
  * Mark NAPI processing as complete.
+ * Consider using napi_complete_done() instead.
  */
-void __napi_complete(struct napi_struct *n);
-void napi_complete(struct napi_struct *n);
+static inline void napi_complete(struct napi_struct *n)
+{
+	return napi_complete_done(n, 0);
+}
 
 /**
  *	napi_by_id - lookup a NAPI by napi_id
@@ -485,14 +491,7 @@ void napi_hash_del(struct napi_struct *napi);
  * Stop NAPI from being scheduled on this context.
  * Waits till any outstanding processing completes.
  */
-static inline void napi_disable(struct napi_struct *n)
-{
-	might_sleep();
-	set_bit(NAPI_STATE_DISABLE, &n->state);
-	while (test_and_set_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state))
-		msleep(1);
-	clear_bit(NAPI_STATE_DISABLE, &n->state);
-}
+void napi_disable(struct napi_struct *n);
 
 /**
  *	napi_enable - enable NAPI scheduling
@@ -1603,6 +1602,7 @@ struct net_device {
 
 #endif
 
+	unsigned long		gro_flush_timeout;
 	rx_handler_func_t __rcu	*rx_handler;
 	void __rcu		*rx_handler_data;
 
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 70bb609c283d54a396553fd19faeef8c4e4ae820..bb09b0364619fd577acc45c067211a33d8f0b142 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/if_macvlan.h>
 #include <linux/errqueue.h>
+#include <linux/hrtimer.h>
 
 #include "net-sysfs.h"
 
@@ -4412,7 +4413,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__napi_schedule_irqoff);
 void __napi_complete(struct napi_struct *n)
 {
 	BUG_ON(!test_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state));
-	BUG_ON(n->gro_list);
 
 	list_del_init(&n->poll_list);
 	smp_mb__before_atomic();
@@ -4420,7 +4420,7 @@ void __napi_complete(struct napi_struct *n)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__napi_complete);
 
-void napi_complete(struct napi_struct *n)
+void napi_complete_done(struct napi_struct *n, int work_done)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
@@ -4431,8 +4431,18 @@ void napi_complete(struct napi_struct *n)
 	if (unlikely(test_bit(NAPI_STATE_NPSVC, &n->state)))
 		return;
 
-	napi_gro_flush(n, false);
+	if (n->gro_list) {
+		unsigned long timeout = 0;
 
+		if (work_done)
+			timeout = n->dev->gro_flush_timeout;
+
+		if (timeout)
+			hrtimer_start(&n->timer, ns_to_ktime(timeout),
+				      HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
+		else
+			napi_gro_flush(n, false);
+	}
 	if (likely(list_empty(&n->poll_list))) {
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(!test_and_clear_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state));
 	} else {
@@ -4442,7 +4452,7 @@ void napi_complete(struct napi_struct *n)
 		local_irq_restore(flags);
 	}
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(napi_complete);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(napi_complete_done);
 
 /* must be called under rcu_read_lock(), as we dont take a reference */
 struct napi_struct *napi_by_id(unsigned int napi_id)
@@ -4496,10 +4506,23 @@ void napi_hash_del(struct napi_struct *napi)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(napi_hash_del);
 
+static enum hrtimer_restart napi_watchdog(struct hrtimer *timer)
+{
+	struct napi_struct *napi;
+
+	napi = container_of(timer, struct napi_struct, timer);
+	if (napi->gro_list)
+		napi_schedule(napi);
+
+	return HRTIMER_NORESTART;
+}
+
 void netif_napi_add(struct net_device *dev, struct napi_struct *napi,
 		    int (*poll)(struct napi_struct *, int), int weight)
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&napi->poll_list);
+	hrtimer_init(&napi->timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
+	napi->timer.function = napi_watchdog;
 	napi->gro_count = 0;
 	napi->gro_list = NULL;
 	napi->skb = NULL;
@@ -4518,6 +4541,20 @@ void netif_napi_add(struct net_device *dev, struct napi_struct *napi,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_napi_add);
 
+void napi_disable(struct napi_struct *n)
+{
+	might_sleep();
+	set_bit(NAPI_STATE_DISABLE, &n->state);
+
+	while (test_and_set_bit(NAPI_STATE_SCHED, &n->state))
+		msleep(1);
+
+	hrtimer_cancel(&n->timer);
+
+	clear_bit(NAPI_STATE_DISABLE, &n->state);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(napi_disable);
+
 void netif_napi_del(struct napi_struct *napi)
 {
 	list_del_init(&napi->dev_list);
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 9dd06699b09c9434e60aa40a948adf69d5505d2d..1a24602cd54e63caa38e40cdedf8009944e0824b 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -325,6 +325,23 @@ static ssize_t tx_queue_len_store(struct device *dev,
 }
 NETDEVICE_SHOW_RW(tx_queue_len, fmt_ulong);
 
+static int change_gro_flush_timeout(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long val)
+{
+	dev->gro_flush_timeout = val;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static ssize_t gro_flush_timeout_store(struct device *dev,
+				  struct device_attribute *attr,
+				  const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
+		return -EPERM;
+
+	return netdev_store(dev, attr, buf, len, change_gro_flush_timeout);
+}
+NETDEVICE_SHOW_RW(gro_flush_timeout, fmt_ulong);
+
 static ssize_t ifalias_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			     const char *buf, size_t len)
 {
@@ -422,6 +439,7 @@ static struct attribute *net_class_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_mtu.attr,
 	&dev_attr_flags.attr,
 	&dev_attr_tx_queue_len.attr,
+	&dev_attr_gro_flush_timeout.attr,
 	&dev_attr_phys_port_id.attr,
 	NULL,
 };