diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c
index 720394c0639b20a2fd6262e4ee9d5813c02802f1..14e8d04cb4347cb7b9171d576156fb8e8ecebbe3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/loopback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ static void gen_lo_setup(struct net_device *dev,
 	dev->netdev_ops		= dev_ops;
 	dev->needs_free_netdev	= true;
 	dev->priv_destructor	= dev_destructor;
+
+	netif_set_tso_max_size(dev, GSO_MAX_SIZE);
 }
 
 /* The loopback device is special. There is only one instance