diff --git a/include/linux/pkt_cls.h b/include/linux/pkt_cls.h
index bd2c5a2bbbf523596130be188879d81238424705..c3f01b3085a410ac9334fd993d8ee4cd38ed339e 100644
--- a/include/linux/pkt_cls.h
+++ b/include/linux/pkt_cls.h
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ enum
 	TCA_FW_POLICE,
 	TCA_FW_INDEV, /*  used by CONFIG_NET_CLS_IND */
 	TCA_FW_ACT, /* used by CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT */
+	TCA_FW_MASK,
 	__TCA_FW_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_fw.c b/net/sched/cls_fw.c
index e6973d9b686d0e951f6a153a23059bb31619b7f8..e54acc6bcccdc94445fafd86a22ae85e0b236921 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_fw.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_fw.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 struct fw_head
 {
 	struct fw_filter *ht[HTSIZE];
+	u32 mask;
 };
 
 struct fw_filter
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ static int fw_classify(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcf_proto *tp,
 	struct fw_filter *f;
 	int r;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NETFILTER
-	u32 id = skb->nfmark;
+	u32 id = skb->nfmark & head->mask;
 #else
 	u32 id = 0;
 #endif
@@ -209,7 +210,9 @@ static int
 fw_change_attrs(struct tcf_proto *tp, struct fw_filter *f,
 	struct rtattr **tb, struct rtattr **tca, unsigned long base)
 {
+	struct fw_head *head = (struct fw_head *)tp->root;
 	struct tcf_exts e;
+	u32 mask;
 	int err;
 
 	err = tcf_exts_validate(tp, tb, tca[TCA_RATE-1], &e, &fw_ext_map);
@@ -232,6 +235,15 @@ fw_change_attrs(struct tcf_proto *tp, struct fw_filter *f,
 	}
 #endif /* CONFIG_NET_CLS_IND */
 
+	if (tb[TCA_FW_MASK-1]) {
+		if (RTA_PAYLOAD(tb[TCA_FW_MASK-1]) != sizeof(u32))
+			goto errout;
+		mask = *(u32*)RTA_DATA(tb[TCA_FW_MASK-1]);
+		if (mask != head->mask)
+			goto errout;
+	} else if (head->mask != 0xFFFFFFFF)
+		goto errout;
+
 	tcf_exts_change(tp, &f->exts, &e);
 
 	return 0;
@@ -267,9 +279,17 @@ static int fw_change(struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long base,
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (head == NULL) {
+		u32 mask = 0xFFFFFFFF;
+		if (tb[TCA_FW_MASK-1]) {
+			if (RTA_PAYLOAD(tb[TCA_FW_MASK-1]) != sizeof(u32))
+				return -EINVAL;
+			mask = *(u32*)RTA_DATA(tb[TCA_FW_MASK-1]);
+		}
+
 		head = kzalloc(sizeof(struct fw_head), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (head == NULL)
 			return -ENOBUFS;
+		head->mask = mask;
 
 		tcf_tree_lock(tp);
 		tp->root = head;
@@ -330,6 +350,7 @@ static void fw_walk(struct tcf_proto *tp, struct tcf_walker *arg)
 static int fw_dump(struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long fh,
 		   struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcmsg *t)
 {
+	struct fw_head *head = (struct fw_head *)tp->root;
 	struct fw_filter *f = (struct fw_filter*)fh;
 	unsigned char	 *b = skb->tail;
 	struct rtattr *rta;
@@ -351,6 +372,8 @@ static int fw_dump(struct tcf_proto *tp, unsigned long fh,
 	if (strlen(f->indev))
 		RTA_PUT(skb, TCA_FW_INDEV, IFNAMSIZ, f->indev);
 #endif /* CONFIG_NET_CLS_IND */
+	if (head->mask != 0xFFFFFFFF)
+		RTA_PUT(skb, TCA_FW_MASK, 4, &head->mask);
 
 	if (tcf_exts_dump(skb, &f->exts, &fw_ext_map) < 0)
 		goto rtattr_failure;