diff --git a/drivers/net/spider_net.c b/drivers/net/spider_net.c
index 0000de01ec150d1a291564818571f719a6a6190f..43f5e86fc55937e8d81d62f263a4e9c6a272ffa3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/spider_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/spider_net.c
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ spider_net_setup_netdev(struct spider_net_card *card)
 
 	spider_net_setup_netdev_ops(netdev);
 
-	netdev->features = 0;
+	netdev->features = NETIF_F_HW_CSUM;
 	/* some time: NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_TX | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_RX |
 	 *		NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_FILTER */