diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
index 8e56ac70e0d1a3536a43aff83370e5b3bd5bb0b4..549ac8a98b447e616e5c9f99430085e30be95a74 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
@@ -888,9 +888,11 @@ enum {
 /* XDP section */
 
 #define XDP_FLAGS_UPDATE_IF_NOEXIST	(1U << 0)
-#define XDP_FLAGS_SKB_MODE		(2U << 0)
+#define XDP_FLAGS_SKB_MODE		(1U << 1)
+#define XDP_FLAGS_DRV_MODE		(1U << 2)
 #define XDP_FLAGS_MASK			(XDP_FLAGS_UPDATE_IF_NOEXIST | \
-					 XDP_FLAGS_SKB_MODE)
+					 XDP_FLAGS_SKB_MODE | \
+					 XDP_FLAGS_DRV_MODE)
 
 enum {
 	IFLA_XDP_UNSPEC,
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 96cf83da0d66b2db07d5504c4c3aec7da735ea46..e56cb71351d4d6a48878a4e70cdd331dfba95ac0 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6873,6 +6873,8 @@ int dev_change_xdp_fd(struct net_device *dev, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
 	xdp_op = ops->ndo_xdp;
+	if (!xdp_op && (flags & XDP_FLAGS_DRV_MODE))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	if (!xdp_op || (flags & XDP_FLAGS_SKB_MODE))
 		xdp_op = generic_xdp_install;
 
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index bcb0f610ee422a12ad6b8ae41763296ba0fa3c6a..dda9f1636356890943d2788015f2723339685014 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2199,6 +2199,11 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 				err = -EINVAL;
 				goto errout;
 			}
+			if ((xdp_flags & XDP_FLAGS_SKB_MODE) &&
+			    (xdp_flags & XDP_FLAGS_DRV_MODE)) {
+				err = -EINVAL;
+				goto errout;
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (xdp[IFLA_XDP_FD]) {
diff --git a/samples/bpf/xdp1_user.c b/samples/bpf/xdp1_user.c
index 378850c70eb81afdbc5283611573f89ea4d8923e..17be9ea3ecb2f80389f37996fdab277727ecc5ed 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/xdp1_user.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/xdp1_user.c
@@ -62,13 +62,14 @@ static void usage(const char *prog)
 	fprintf(stderr,
 		"usage: %s [OPTS] IFINDEX\n\n"
 		"OPTS:\n"
-		"    -S    use skb-mode\n",
+		"    -S    use skb-mode\n"
+		"    -N    enforce native mode\n",
 		prog);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	const char *optstr = "S";
+	const char *optstr = "SN";
 	char filename[256];
 	int opt;
 
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'S':
 			xdp_flags |= XDP_FLAGS_SKB_MODE;
 			break;
+		case 'N':
+			xdp_flags |= XDP_FLAGS_DRV_MODE;
+			break;
 		default:
 			usage(basename(argv[0]));
 			return 1;
diff --git a/samples/bpf/xdp_tx_iptunnel_user.c b/samples/bpf/xdp_tx_iptunnel_user.c
index 92b8bde9337c8cec6128e73d23d307b628ba5a38..631cdcc41c97e957166f1b46cb46041ba4f2b528 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/xdp_tx_iptunnel_user.c
+++ b/samples/bpf/xdp_tx_iptunnel_user.c
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ static void usage(const char *cmd)
 	printf("    -m <dest-MAC> Used in sending the IP Tunneled pkt\n");
 	printf("    -T <stop-after-X-seconds> Default: 0 (forever)\n");
 	printf("    -P <IP-Protocol> Default is TCP\n");
+	printf("    -S use skb-mode\n");
+	printf("    -N enforce native mode\n");
 	printf("    -h Display this help\n");
 }
 
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	unsigned char opt_flags[256] = {};
 	unsigned int kill_after_s = 0;
-	const char *optstr = "i:a:p:s:d:m:T:P:Sh";
+	const char *optstr = "i:a:p:s:d:m:T:P:SNh";
 	int min_port = 0, max_port = 0;
 	struct iptnl_info tnl = {};
 	struct rlimit r = {RLIM_INFINITY, RLIM_INFINITY};
@@ -206,6 +208,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'S':
 			xdp_flags |= XDP_FLAGS_SKB_MODE;
 			break;
+		case 'N':
+			xdp_flags |= XDP_FLAGS_DRV_MODE;
+			break;
 		default:
 			usage(argv[0]);
 			return 1;