diff --git a/include/net/dsa.h b/include/net/dsa.h
index d16057c5987ae48b7ac4c056e9372acbc8ee521e..46019edc32cb969cfcdedfb60ec1d8bef773151d 100644
--- a/include/net/dsa.h
+++ b/include/net/dsa.h
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ struct dsa_device_ops {
 	unsigned int overhead;
 	const char *name;
 	enum dsa_tag_protocol proto;
+	/* Some tagging protocols either mangle or shift the destination MAC
+	 * address, in which case the DSA master would drop packets on ingress
+	 * if what it understands out of the destination MAC address is not in
+	 * its RX filter.
+	 */
+	bool promisc_on_master;
 };
 
 /* This structure defines the control interfaces that are overlayed by the
diff --git a/net/dsa/master.c b/net/dsa/master.c
index 61615ebc70e95d356c3a70ec4321fa46ee039655..c91de041a91d83a03e58b502f45febdd6dc69f93 100644
--- a/net/dsa/master.c
+++ b/net/dsa/master.c
@@ -259,6 +259,18 @@ static void dsa_netdev_ops_set(struct net_device *dev,
 	dev->dsa_ptr->netdev_ops = ops;
 }
 
+static void dsa_master_set_promiscuity(struct net_device *dev, int inc)
+{
+	const struct dsa_device_ops *ops = dev->dsa_ptr->tag_ops;
+
+	if (!ops->promisc_on_master)
+		return;
+
+	rtnl_lock();
+	dev_set_promiscuity(dev, inc);
+	rtnl_unlock();
+}
+
 static ssize_t tagging_show(struct device *d, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			    char *buf)
 {
@@ -314,9 +326,12 @@ int dsa_master_setup(struct net_device *dev, struct dsa_port *cpu_dp)
 	dev->dsa_ptr = cpu_dp;
 	lockdep_set_class(&dev->addr_list_lock,
 			  &dsa_master_addr_list_lock_key);
+
+	dsa_master_set_promiscuity(dev, 1);
+
 	ret = dsa_master_ethtool_setup(dev);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto out_err_reset_promisc;
 
 	dsa_netdev_ops_set(dev, &dsa_netdev_ops);
 
@@ -329,6 +344,8 @@ int dsa_master_setup(struct net_device *dev, struct dsa_port *cpu_dp)
 out_err_ndo_teardown:
 	dsa_netdev_ops_set(dev, NULL);
 	dsa_master_ethtool_teardown(dev);
+out_err_reset_promisc:
+	dsa_master_set_promiscuity(dev, -1);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -338,6 +355,7 @@ void dsa_master_teardown(struct net_device *dev)
 	dsa_netdev_ops_set(dev, NULL);
 	dsa_master_ethtool_teardown(dev);
 	dsa_master_reset_mtu(dev);
+	dsa_master_set_promiscuity(dev, -1);
 
 	dev->dsa_ptr = NULL;