diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index d2d6f12a112fcca36533c2b315f609eebda969b7..26d6f0bbe14bf9b35c778f0f3516a2e3065954b2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -623,7 +623,8 @@ static int macvlan_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 
 clear_multi:
-	dev_set_allmulti(lowerdev, -1);
+	if (dev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI)
+		dev_set_allmulti(lowerdev, -1);
 del_unicast:
 	dev_uc_del(lowerdev, dev->dev_addr);
 out: