diff --git a/net/tipc/node.c b/net/tipc/node.c
index c299156882307053ec5322edb94e691422596c77..29cc8531932716ba654c7f960f824726257d15a8 100644
--- a/net/tipc/node.c
+++ b/net/tipc/node.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * net/tipc/node.c: TIPC node management routines
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2000-2006, 2012-2015, Ericsson AB
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2006, 2012-2016, Ericsson AB
  * Copyright (c) 2005-2006, 2010-2014, Wind River Systems
  * All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -191,6 +191,20 @@ int tipc_node_get_mtu(struct net *net, u32 addr, u32 sel)
 	tipc_node_put(n);
 	return mtu;
 }
+
+u16 tipc_node_get_capabilities(struct net *net, u32 addr)
+{
+	struct tipc_node *n;
+	u16 caps;
+
+	n = tipc_node_find(net, addr);
+	if (unlikely(!n))
+		return TIPC_NODE_CAPABILITIES;
+	caps = n->capabilities;
+	tipc_node_put(n);
+	return caps;
+}
+
 /*
  * A trivial power-of-two bitmask technique is used for speed, since this
  * operation is done for every incoming TIPC packet. The number of hash table
@@ -304,8 +318,11 @@ struct tipc_node *tipc_node_create(struct net *net, u32 addr, u16 capabilities)
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&tn->node_list_lock);
 	n = tipc_node_find(net, addr);
-	if (n)
+	if (n) {
+		/* Same node may come back with new capabilities */
+		n->capabilities = capabilities;
 		goto exit;
+	}
 	n = kzalloc(sizeof(*n), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!n) {
 		pr_warn("Node creation failed, no memory\n");
diff --git a/net/tipc/node.h b/net/tipc/node.h
index f39d9d06e8bb0283f52562d17f67a5822d6797bd..18237684ffc42fd32cfddaff824f87724fc70c06 100644
--- a/net/tipc/node.h
+++ b/net/tipc/node.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ void tipc_node_broadcast(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb);
 int tipc_node_add_conn(struct net *net, u32 dnode, u32 port, u32 peer_port);
 void tipc_node_remove_conn(struct net *net, u32 dnode, u32 port);
 int tipc_node_get_mtu(struct net *net, u32 addr, u32 sel);
+u16 tipc_node_get_capabilities(struct net *net, u32 addr);
 int tipc_nl_node_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb);
 int tipc_nl_node_dump_link(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb);
 int tipc_nl_node_reset_link_stats(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index d37a9401e182f599532ee4d02b647e1ecaac4e20..94bd28639855263264e97e1f218cf60d08324410 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ struct tipc_sock {
 	bool link_cong;
 	uint sent_unacked;
 	uint rcv_unacked;
+	u16 peer_caps;
 	struct sockaddr_tipc remote;
 	struct rhash_head node;
 	struct rcu_head rcu;
@@ -1118,6 +1119,7 @@ static void tipc_sk_finish_conn(struct tipc_sock *tsk, u32 peer_port,
 	sk_reset_timer(sk, &sk->sk_timer, jiffies + tsk->probing_intv);
 	tipc_node_add_conn(net, peer_node, tsk->portid, peer_port);
 	tsk->max_pkt = tipc_node_get_mtu(net, peer_node, tsk->portid);
+	tsk->peer_caps = tipc_node_get_capabilities(net, peer_node);
 }
 
 /**