diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 5ca97713bfb33b5d5a7770f3ae6a2000a19df423..11e2e8131359cf609e75d65c1fd2e51cb03c64af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -1759,6 +1759,8 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 		if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_HOST_ECN))
 			dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_TSO_ECN;
 
+		dev->features |= NETIF_F_GSO_ROBUST;
+
 		if (gso)
 			dev->features |= dev->hw_features & NETIF_F_ALL_TSO;
 		/* (!csum && gso) case will be fixed by register_netdev() */