diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index cfc71ac0f76487721815087c23576b07aa1b9922..db2383cb1df9a71d051aafe581f4e44f85bba0d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -844,6 +844,11 @@ igmp_max_memberships - INTEGER
 
 	conf/all/*	  is special, changes the settings for all interfaces
 
+igmp_qrv - INTEGER
+	 Controls the IGMP query robustness variable (see RFC2236 8.1).
+	 Default: 2 (as specified by RFC2236 8.1)
+	 Minimum: 1 (as specified by RFC6636 4.5)
+
 log_martians - BOOLEAN
 	Log packets with impossible addresses to kernel log.
 	log_martians for the interface will be enabled if at least one of
diff --git a/include/linux/igmp.h b/include/linux/igmp.h
index f47550d75f85fddd53186c92f0e1383c8f693b90..2c677afeea4782c96b79d0d8ede4846d87783b99 100644
--- a/include/linux/igmp.h
+++ b/include/linux/igmp.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ static inline struct igmpv3_query *
 
 extern int sysctl_igmp_max_memberships;
 extern int sysctl_igmp_max_msf;
+extern int sysctl_igmp_qrv;
 
 struct ip_sf_socklist {
 	unsigned int		sl_max;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/igmp.c b/net/ipv4/igmp.c
index 890c4258804c79c2267b5e7587860498ea75cbb8..4146153d875d3ea9a35fa1b53ac01f76bf420e45 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/igmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/igmp.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 #define IGMP_V2_Unsolicited_Report_Interval	(10*HZ)
 #define IGMP_V3_Unsolicited_Report_Interval	(1*HZ)
 #define IGMP_Query_Response_Interval		(10*HZ)
-#define IGMP_Unsolicited_Report_Count		2
+#define IGMP_Query_Robustness_Variable		2
 
 
 #define IGMP_Initial_Report_Delay		(1)
@@ -756,8 +756,7 @@ static void igmp_ifc_event(struct in_device *in_dev)
 {
 	if (IGMP_V1_SEEN(in_dev) || IGMP_V2_SEEN(in_dev))
 		return;
-	in_dev->mr_ifc_count = in_dev->mr_qrv ? in_dev->mr_qrv :
-		IGMP_Unsolicited_Report_Count;
+	in_dev->mr_ifc_count = in_dev->mr_qrv ?: sysctl_igmp_qrv;
 	igmp_ifc_start_timer(in_dev, 1);
 }
 
@@ -1086,8 +1085,7 @@ static void igmpv3_add_delrec(struct in_device *in_dev, struct ip_mc_list *im)
 	pmc->interface = im->interface;
 	in_dev_hold(in_dev);
 	pmc->multiaddr = im->multiaddr;
-	pmc->crcount = in_dev->mr_qrv ? in_dev->mr_qrv :
-		IGMP_Unsolicited_Report_Count;
+	pmc->crcount = in_dev->mr_qrv ?: sysctl_igmp_qrv;
 	pmc->sfmode = im->sfmode;
 	if (pmc->sfmode == MCAST_INCLUDE) {
 		struct ip_sf_list *psf;
@@ -1226,8 +1224,7 @@ static void igmp_group_added(struct ip_mc_list *im)
 	}
 	/* else, v3 */
 
-	im->crcount = in_dev->mr_qrv ? in_dev->mr_qrv :
-		IGMP_Unsolicited_Report_Count;
+	im->crcount = in_dev->mr_qrv ?: sysctl_igmp_qrv;
 	igmp_ifc_event(in_dev);
 #endif
 }
@@ -1322,7 +1319,7 @@ void ip_mc_inc_group(struct in_device *in_dev, __be32 addr)
 	spin_lock_init(&im->lock);
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST
 	setup_timer(&im->timer, igmp_timer_expire, (unsigned long)im);
-	im->unsolicit_count = IGMP_Unsolicited_Report_Count;
+	im->unsolicit_count = sysctl_igmp_qrv;
 #endif
 
 	im->next_rcu = in_dev->mc_list;
@@ -1460,7 +1457,7 @@ void ip_mc_init_dev(struct in_device *in_dev)
 			(unsigned long)in_dev);
 	setup_timer(&in_dev->mr_ifc_timer, igmp_ifc_timer_expire,
 			(unsigned long)in_dev);
-	in_dev->mr_qrv = IGMP_Unsolicited_Report_Count;
+	in_dev->mr_qrv = sysctl_igmp_qrv;
 #endif
 
 	spin_lock_init(&in_dev->mc_tomb_lock);
@@ -1474,6 +1471,9 @@ void ip_mc_up(struct in_device *in_dev)
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST
+	in_dev->mr_qrv = sysctl_igmp_qrv;
+#endif
 	ip_mc_inc_group(in_dev, IGMP_ALL_HOSTS);
 
 	for_each_pmc_rtnl(in_dev, pmc)
@@ -1540,7 +1540,9 @@ static struct in_device *ip_mc_find_dev(struct net *net, struct ip_mreqn *imr)
  */
 int sysctl_igmp_max_memberships __read_mostly = IP_MAX_MEMBERSHIPS;
 int sysctl_igmp_max_msf __read_mostly = IP_MAX_MSF;
-
+#ifdef CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST
+int sysctl_igmp_qrv __read_mostly = IGMP_Query_Robustness_Variable;
+#endif
 
 static int ip_mc_del1_src(struct ip_mc_list *pmc, int sfmode,
 	__be32 *psfsrc)
@@ -1575,8 +1577,7 @@ static int ip_mc_del1_src(struct ip_mc_list *pmc, int sfmode,
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST
 		if (psf->sf_oldin &&
 		    !IGMP_V1_SEEN(in_dev) && !IGMP_V2_SEEN(in_dev)) {
-			psf->sf_crcount = in_dev->mr_qrv ? in_dev->mr_qrv :
-				IGMP_Unsolicited_Report_Count;
+			psf->sf_crcount = in_dev->mr_qrv ?: sysctl_igmp_qrv;
 			psf->sf_next = pmc->tomb;
 			pmc->tomb = psf;
 			rv = 1;
@@ -1639,8 +1640,7 @@ static int ip_mc_del_src(struct in_device *in_dev, __be32 *pmca, int sfmode,
 		/* filter mode change */
 		pmc->sfmode = MCAST_INCLUDE;
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST
-		pmc->crcount = in_dev->mr_qrv ? in_dev->mr_qrv :
-			IGMP_Unsolicited_Report_Count;
+		pmc->crcount = in_dev->mr_qrv ?: sysctl_igmp_qrv;
 		in_dev->mr_ifc_count = pmc->crcount;
 		for (psf = pmc->sources; psf; psf = psf->sf_next)
 			psf->sf_crcount = 0;
@@ -1818,8 +1818,7 @@ static int ip_mc_add_src(struct in_device *in_dev, __be32 *pmca, int sfmode,
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST
 		/* else no filters; keep old mode for reports */
 
-		pmc->crcount = in_dev->mr_qrv ? in_dev->mr_qrv :
-			IGMP_Unsolicited_Report_Count;
+		pmc->crcount = in_dev->mr_qrv ?: sysctl_igmp_qrv;
 		in_dev->mr_ifc_count = pmc->crcount;
 		for (psf = pmc->sources; psf; psf = psf->sf_next)
 			psf->sf_crcount = 0;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
index 79a007c5255883f9d96011682c67ea8aac15a835..45d156dacd61cec096afe0b41940c8babff89971 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -450,6 +450,16 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
 	},
+#ifdef CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST
+	{
+		.procname	= "igmp_qrv",
+		.data		= &sysctl_igmp_qrv,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &one
+	},
+#endif
 	{
 		.procname	= "inet_peer_threshold",
 		.data		= &inet_peer_threshold,