diff --git a/net/bridge/br_device.c b/net/bridge/br_device.c
index c08e02b67818fd5f4d27f442eef91f16fdeb978c..bca5ead3e97324a895d48aba64b321ede593caa2 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_device.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_device.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ void br_dev_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	br->bridge_max_age = br->max_age = 20 * HZ;
 	br->bridge_hello_time = br->hello_time = 2 * HZ;
 	br->bridge_forward_delay = br->forward_delay = 15 * HZ;
-	br->ageing_time = BR_DEFAULT_AGEING_TIME;
+	br->bridge_ageing_time = br->ageing_time = BR_DEFAULT_AGEING_TIME;
 	dev->max_mtu = ETH_MAX_MTU;
 
 	br_netfilter_rtable_init(br);
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
index 26aec2366bc35ce616d2ed6fd34cd302a0c06831..8ce621e8345c478700ee64b76e41a98b2bd81d16 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -300,10 +300,11 @@ struct net_bridge
 	unsigned long			max_age;
 	unsigned long			hello_time;
 	unsigned long			forward_delay;
-	unsigned long			bridge_max_age;
 	unsigned long			ageing_time;
+	unsigned long			bridge_max_age;
 	unsigned long			bridge_hello_time;
 	unsigned long			bridge_forward_delay;
+	unsigned long			bridge_ageing_time;
 
 	u8				group_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 	bool				group_addr_set;
@@ -999,6 +1000,7 @@ void __br_set_forward_delay(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long t);
 int br_set_forward_delay(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long x);
 int br_set_hello_time(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long x);
 int br_set_max_age(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long x);
+int __set_ageing_time(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long t);
 int br_set_ageing_time(struct net_bridge *br, clock_t ageing_time);
 
 
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private_stp.h b/net/bridge/br_private_stp.h
index 2fe910c4e1700776c33275f0ae277d354e348f6c..3f7543a29b7629ae20d0fbfc1cf40202114d4a5b 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_private_stp.h
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private_stp.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ void br_received_tcn_bpdu(struct net_bridge_port *p);
 void br_transmit_config(struct net_bridge_port *p);
 void br_transmit_tcn(struct net_bridge *br);
 void br_topology_change_detection(struct net_bridge *br);
+void __br_set_topology_change(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned char val);
 
 /* br_stp_bpdu.c */
 void br_send_config_bpdu(struct net_bridge_port *, struct br_config_bpdu *);
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp.c b/net/bridge/br_stp.c
index 9258b8ef14ff5f0b65af145b2fb9e517efa4eddd..71fd1a4e63cc84ec047f56adf5fe24bb971522fa 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_stp.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_stp.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static void br_record_config_timeout_values(struct net_bridge *br,
 	br->max_age = bpdu->max_age;
 	br->hello_time = bpdu->hello_time;
 	br->forward_delay = bpdu->forward_delay;
-	br->topology_change = bpdu->topology_change;
+	__br_set_topology_change(br, bpdu->topology_change);
 }
 
 /* called under bridge lock */
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ void br_topology_change_detection(struct net_bridge *br)
 		isroot ? "propagating" : "sending tcn bpdu");
 
 	if (isroot) {
-		br->topology_change = 1;
+		__br_set_topology_change(br, 1);
 		mod_timer(&br->topology_change_timer, jiffies
 			  + br->bridge_forward_delay + br->bridge_max_age);
 	} else if (!br->topology_change_detected) {
@@ -562,6 +562,24 @@ int br_set_max_age(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val)
 
 }
 
+/* called under bridge lock */
+int __set_ageing_time(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long t)
+{
+	struct switchdev_attr attr = {
+		.orig_dev = dev,
+		.id = SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_BRIDGE_AGEING_TIME,
+		.flags = SWITCHDEV_F_SKIP_EOPNOTSUPP | SWITCHDEV_F_DEFER,
+		.u.ageing_time = jiffies_to_clock_t(t),
+	};
+	int err;
+
+	err = switchdev_port_attr_set(dev, &attr);
+	if (err && err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
+		return err;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* Set time interval that dynamic forwarding entries live
  * For pure software bridge, allow values outside the 802.1
  * standard specification for special cases:
@@ -572,25 +590,52 @@ int br_set_max_age(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val)
  */
 int br_set_ageing_time(struct net_bridge *br, clock_t ageing_time)
 {
-	struct switchdev_attr attr = {
-		.orig_dev = br->dev,
-		.id = SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_BRIDGE_AGEING_TIME,
-		.flags = SWITCHDEV_F_SKIP_EOPNOTSUPP,
-		.u.ageing_time = ageing_time,
-	};
 	unsigned long t = clock_t_to_jiffies(ageing_time);
 	int err;
 
-	err = switchdev_port_attr_set(br->dev, &attr);
-	if (err && err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
+	err = __set_ageing_time(br->dev, t);
+	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
+	br->bridge_ageing_time = t;
 	br->ageing_time = t;
+	spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock);
+
 	mod_timer(&br->gc_timer, jiffies);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* called under bridge lock */
+void __br_set_topology_change(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned char val)
+{
+	unsigned long t;
+	int err;
+
+	if (br->stp_enabled == BR_KERNEL_STP && br->topology_change != val) {
+		/* On topology change, set the bridge ageing time to twice the
+		 * forward delay. Otherwise, restore its default ageing time.
+		 */
+
+		if (val) {
+			t = 2 * br->forward_delay;
+			br_debug(br, "decreasing ageing time to %lu\n", t);
+		} else {
+			t = br->bridge_ageing_time;
+			br_debug(br, "restoring ageing time to %lu\n", t);
+		}
+
+		err = __set_ageing_time(br->dev, t);
+		if (err)
+			br_warn(br, "error offloading ageing time\n");
+		else
+			br->ageing_time = t;
+	}
+
+	br->topology_change = val;
+}
+
 void __br_set_forward_delay(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long t)
 {
 	br->bridge_forward_delay = t;
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
index d8ad73b38de27b49374862cca33954534606d486..6c1e214111250ea69199d40080f96af730d78934 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ static inline port_id br_make_port_id(__u8 priority, __u16 port_no)
 /* called under bridge lock */
 void br_init_port(struct net_bridge_port *p)
 {
-	struct switchdev_attr attr = {
-		.orig_dev = p->dev,
-		.id = SWITCHDEV_ATTR_ID_BRIDGE_AGEING_TIME,
-		.flags = SWITCHDEV_F_SKIP_EOPNOTSUPP | SWITCHDEV_F_DEFER,
-		.u.ageing_time = jiffies_to_clock_t(p->br->ageing_time),
-	};
 	int err;
 
 	p->port_id = br_make_port_id(p->priority, p->port_no);
@@ -50,9 +44,9 @@ void br_init_port(struct net_bridge_port *p)
 	p->topology_change_ack = 0;
 	p->config_pending = 0;
 
-	err = switchdev_port_attr_set(p->dev, &attr);
-	if (err && err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
-		netdev_err(p->dev, "failed to set HW ageing time\n");
+	err = __set_ageing_time(p->dev, p->br->ageing_time);
+	if (err)
+		netdev_err(p->dev, "failed to offload ageing time\n");
 }
 
 /* NO locks held */
@@ -87,7 +81,7 @@ void br_stp_disable_bridge(struct net_bridge *br)
 
 	}
 
-	br->topology_change = 0;
+	__br_set_topology_change(br, 0);
 	br->topology_change_detected = 0;
 	spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock);
 
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c b/net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c
index da058b85aa2260c6148034917e96944eefd85e28..7ddb38e0a06ea2d67f156a25eb50277a9cfc3898 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ static void br_topology_change_timer_expired(unsigned long arg)
 	br_debug(br, "topo change timer expired\n");
 	spin_lock(&br->lock);
 	br->topology_change_detected = 0;
-	br->topology_change = 0;
+	__br_set_topology_change(br, 0);
 	spin_unlock(&br->lock);
 }