diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
index 9f5e38769a29..72eef9fc883e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
@@ -12553,9 +12553,11 @@ static int bnx2x_get_phys_port_id(struct net_device *netdev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static bool bnx2x_gso_check(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+static netdev_features_t bnx2x_features_check(struct sk_buff *skb,
+					      struct net_device *dev,
+					      netdev_features_t features)
 {
-	return vxlan_gso_check(skb);
+	return vxlan_features_check(skb, features);
 }
 
 static const struct net_device_ops bnx2x_netdev_ops = {
@@ -12589,7 +12591,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops bnx2x_netdev_ops = {
 #endif
 	.ndo_get_phys_port_id	= bnx2x_get_phys_port_id,
 	.ndo_set_vf_link_state	= bnx2x_set_vf_link_state,
-	.ndo_gso_check		= bnx2x_gso_check,
+	.ndo_features_check	= bnx2x_features_check,
 };
 
 static int bnx2x_set_coherency_mask(struct bnx2x *bp)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index 196073110e32..41a0a5498da7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -4459,9 +4459,11 @@ done:
 	adapter->vxlan_port_count--;
 }
 
-static bool be_gso_check(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+static netdev_features_t be_features_check(struct sk_buff *skb,
+					   struct net_device *dev,
+					   netdev_features_t features)
 {
-	return vxlan_gso_check(skb);
+	return vxlan_features_check(skb, features);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -4492,7 +4494,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops be_netdev_ops = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BE2NET_VXLAN
 	.ndo_add_vxlan_port	= be_add_vxlan_port,
 	.ndo_del_vxlan_port	= be_del_vxlan_port,
-	.ndo_gso_check		= be_gso_check,
+	.ndo_features_check	= be_features_check,
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 190cbd931f6b..d0d6dc1b8e46 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -2365,9 +2365,11 @@ static void mlx4_en_del_vxlan_port(struct  net_device *dev,
 	queue_work(priv->mdev->workqueue, &priv->vxlan_del_task);
 }
 
-static bool mlx4_en_gso_check(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+static netdev_features_t mlx4_en_features_check(struct sk_buff *skb,
+						struct net_device *dev,
+						netdev_features_t features)
 {
-	return vxlan_gso_check(skb);
+	return vxlan_features_check(skb, features);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -2400,7 +2402,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops mlx4_netdev_ops = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MLX4_EN_VXLAN
 	.ndo_add_vxlan_port	= mlx4_en_add_vxlan_port,
 	.ndo_del_vxlan_port	= mlx4_en_del_vxlan_port,
-	.ndo_gso_check		= mlx4_en_gso_check,
+	.ndo_features_check	= mlx4_en_features_check,
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -2434,7 +2436,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops mlx4_netdev_ops_master = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_MLX4_EN_VXLAN
 	.ndo_add_vxlan_port	= mlx4_en_add_vxlan_port,
 	.ndo_del_vxlan_port	= mlx4_en_del_vxlan_port,
-	.ndo_gso_check		= mlx4_en_gso_check,
+	.ndo_features_check	= mlx4_en_features_check,
 #endif
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
index 1aa25b13ace1..9929b97cfb36 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
@@ -505,9 +505,11 @@ static void qlcnic_del_vxlan_port(struct net_device *netdev,
 	adapter->flags |= QLCNIC_DEL_VXLAN_PORT;
 }
 
-static bool qlcnic_gso_check(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+static netdev_features_t qlcnic_features_check(struct sk_buff *skb,
+					       struct net_device *dev,
+					       netdev_features_t features)
 {
-	return vxlan_gso_check(skb);
+	return vxlan_features_check(skb, features);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -532,7 +534,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops qlcnic_netdev_ops = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_QLCNIC_VXLAN
 	.ndo_add_vxlan_port	= qlcnic_add_vxlan_port,
 	.ndo_del_vxlan_port	= qlcnic_del_vxlan_port,
-	.ndo_gso_check		= qlcnic_gso_check,
+	.ndo_features_check	= qlcnic_features_check,
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
 	.ndo_poll_controller = qlcnic_poll_controller,
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index c31f74d76ebd..679e6e90aa4c 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1012,12 +1012,15 @@ typedef u16 (*select_queue_fallback_t)(struct net_device *dev,
  *	Callback to use for xmit over the accelerated station. This
  *	is used in place of ndo_start_xmit on accelerated net
  *	devices.
- * bool	(*ndo_gso_check) (struct sk_buff *skb,
- *			  struct net_device *dev);
+ * netdev_features_t (*ndo_features_check) (struct sk_buff *skb,
+ *					    struct net_device *dev
+ *					    netdev_features_t features);
  *	Called by core transmit path to determine if device is capable of
- *	performing GSO on a packet. The device returns true if it is
- *	able to GSO the packet, false otherwise. If the return value is
- *	false the stack will do software GSO.
+ *	performing offload operations on a given packet. This is to give
+ *	the device an opportunity to implement any restrictions that cannot
+ *	be otherwise expressed by feature flags. The check is called with
+ *	the set of features that the stack has calculated and it returns
+ *	those the driver believes to be appropriate.
  *
  * int (*ndo_switch_parent_id_get)(struct net_device *dev,
  *				   struct netdev_phys_item_id *psid);
@@ -1178,8 +1181,9 @@ struct net_device_ops {
 							struct net_device *dev,
 							void *priv);
 	int			(*ndo_get_lock_subclass)(struct net_device *dev);
-	bool			(*ndo_gso_check) (struct sk_buff *skb,
-						  struct net_device *dev);
+	netdev_features_t	(*ndo_features_check) (struct sk_buff *skb,
+						       struct net_device *dev,
+						       netdev_features_t features);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_SWITCHDEV
 	int			(*ndo_switch_parent_id_get)(struct net_device *dev,
 							    struct netdev_phys_item_id *psid);
@@ -3611,8 +3615,6 @@ static inline bool netif_needs_gso(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				   netdev_features_t features)
 {
 	return skb_is_gso(skb) && (!skb_gso_ok(skb, features) ||
-		(dev->netdev_ops->ndo_gso_check &&
-		 !dev->netdev_ops->ndo_gso_check(skb, dev)) ||
 		unlikely((skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) &&
 			 (skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY)));
 }
diff --git a/include/net/vxlan.h b/include/net/vxlan.h
index 57cccd0052e5..903461aa5644 100644
--- a/include/net/vxlan.h
+++ b/include/net/vxlan.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef __NET_VXLAN_H
 #define __NET_VXLAN_H 1
 
+#include <linux/ip.h>
+#include <linux/ipv6.h>
+#include <linux/if_vlan.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/udp.h>
@@ -51,16 +54,33 @@ int vxlan_xmit_skb(struct vxlan_sock *vs,
 		   __be32 src, __be32 dst, __u8 tos, __u8 ttl, __be16 df,
 		   __be16 src_port, __be16 dst_port, __be32 vni, bool xnet);
 
-static inline bool vxlan_gso_check(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static inline netdev_features_t vxlan_features_check(struct sk_buff *skb,
+						     netdev_features_t features)
 {
-	if ((skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type & SKB_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL) &&
+	u8 l4_hdr = 0;
+
+	if (!skb->encapsulation)
+		return features;
+
+	switch (vlan_get_protocol(skb)) {
+	case htons(ETH_P_IP):
+		l4_hdr = ip_hdr(skb)->protocol;
+		break;
+	case htons(ETH_P_IPV6):
+		l4_hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb)->nexthdr;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return features;;
+	}
+
+	if ((l4_hdr == IPPROTO_UDP) &&
 	    (skb->inner_protocol_type != ENCAP_TYPE_ETHER ||
 	     skb->inner_protocol != htons(ETH_P_TEB) ||
 	     (skb_inner_mac_header(skb) - skb_transport_header(skb) !=
 	      sizeof(struct udphdr) + sizeof(struct vxlanhdr))))
-		return false;
+		return features & ~(NETIF_F_ALL_CSUM | NETIF_F_GSO_MASK);
 
-	return true;
+	return features;
 }
 
 /* IP header + UDP + VXLAN + Ethernet header */
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 0094562b732a..683d493aa1bf 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2563,7 +2563,7 @@ static netdev_features_t harmonize_features(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 netdev_features_t netif_skb_features(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	const struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
+	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
 	netdev_features_t features = dev->features;
 	u16 gso_segs = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs;
 	__be16 protocol = skb->protocol;
@@ -2571,13 +2571,20 @@ netdev_features_t netif_skb_features(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (gso_segs > dev->gso_max_segs || gso_segs < dev->gso_min_segs)
 		features &= ~NETIF_F_GSO_MASK;
 
+	/* If encapsulation offload request, verify we are testing
+	 * hardware encapsulation features instead of standard
+	 * features for the netdev
+	 */
+	if (skb->encapsulation)
+		features &= dev->hw_enc_features;
+
 	if (!vlan_tx_tag_present(skb)) {
 		if (unlikely(protocol == htons(ETH_P_8021Q) ||
 			     protocol == htons(ETH_P_8021AD))) {
 			struct vlan_ethhdr *veh = (struct vlan_ethhdr *)skb->data;
 			protocol = veh->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto;
 		} else {
-			return harmonize_features(skb, features);
+			goto finalize;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2595,6 +2602,11 @@ netdev_features_t netif_skb_features(struct sk_buff *skb)
 						     NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX |
 						     NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_STAG_TX);
 
+finalize:
+	if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_features_check)
+		features &= dev->netdev_ops->ndo_features_check(skb, dev,
+								features);
+
 	return harmonize_features(skb, features);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_skb_features);
@@ -2665,13 +2677,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *validate_xmit_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device
 	if (unlikely(!skb))
 		goto out_null;
 
-	/* If encapsulation offload request, verify we are testing
-	 * hardware encapsulation features instead of standard
-	 * features for the netdev
-	 */
-	if (skb->encapsulation)
-		features &= dev->hw_enc_features;
-
 	if (netif_needs_gso(dev, skb, features)) {
 		struct sk_buff *segs;