diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 838407a..74fd5d3 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -998,6 +998,12 @@
  *	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);
+ *	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.
  */
 struct net_device_ops {
 	int			(*ndo_init)(struct net_device *dev);
@@ -1147,6 +1153,8 @@
 							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);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -3572,10 +3580,12 @@
 	       (!skb_has_frag_list(skb) || (features & NETIF_F_FRAGLIST));
 }
 
-static inline bool netif_needs_gso(struct sk_buff *skb,
+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)));
 }