diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index ada258c01a08e084b11d02d73e553404bfce82cb..2733eb901b0483d1fb082542b2de6f3c569841ef 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -1983,21 +1983,23 @@ static int qeth_l3_get_cast_type(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	/* no neighbour (eg AF_PACKET), fall back to target's IP address ... */
-	if (be16_to_cpu(skb->protocol) == ETH_P_IPV6)
-		return ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr) ?
-				RTN_MULTICAST : RTN_UNICAST;
-	else if (be16_to_cpu(skb->protocol) == ETH_P_IP)
+	switch (qeth_get_ip_version(skb)) {
+	case 4:
 		return ipv4_is_multicast(ip_hdr(skb)->daddr) ?
 				RTN_MULTICAST : RTN_UNICAST;
-
-	/* ... and MAC address */
-	if (ether_addr_equal_64bits(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest, skb->dev->broadcast))
-		return RTN_BROADCAST;
-	if (is_multicast_ether_addr(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest))
-		return RTN_MULTICAST;
-
-	/* default to unicast */
-	return RTN_UNICAST;
+	case 6:
+		return ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr) ?
+				RTN_MULTICAST : RTN_UNICAST;
+	default:
+		/* ... and MAC address */
+		if (ether_addr_equal_64bits(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest,
+					    skb->dev->broadcast))
+			return RTN_BROADCAST;
+		if (is_multicast_ether_addr(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest))
+			return RTN_MULTICAST;
+		/* default to unicast */
+		return RTN_UNICAST;
+	}
 }
 
 static void qeth_l3_fill_af_iucv_hdr(struct qeth_hdr *hdr, struct sk_buff *skb,
@@ -2034,20 +2036,21 @@ static void qeth_l3_fill_header(struct qeth_card *card, struct qeth_hdr *hdr,
 				struct sk_buff *skb, int ipv, int cast_type,
 				unsigned int data_len)
 {
+	struct vlan_ethhdr *veth = vlan_eth_hdr(skb);
+
 	memset(hdr, 0, sizeof(struct qeth_hdr));
 	hdr->hdr.l3.id = QETH_HEADER_TYPE_LAYER3;
 	hdr->hdr.l3.length = data_len;
 
-	/*
-	 * before we're going to overwrite this location with next hop ip.
-	 * v6 uses passthrough, v4 sets the tag in the QDIO header.
-	 */
-	if (skb_vlan_tag_present(skb)) {
-		if ((ipv == 4) || (card->info.type == QETH_CARD_TYPE_IQD))
-			hdr->hdr.l3.ext_flags = QETH_HDR_EXT_VLAN_FRAME;
-		else
-			hdr->hdr.l3.ext_flags = QETH_HDR_EXT_INCLUDE_VLAN_TAG;
-		hdr->hdr.l3.vlan_id = skb_vlan_tag_get(skb);
+	if (ipv == 4 || IS_IQD(card)) {
+		/* NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX */
+		if (skb_vlan_tag_present(skb)) {
+			hdr->hdr.l3.ext_flags |= QETH_HDR_EXT_VLAN_FRAME;
+			hdr->hdr.l3.vlan_id = skb_vlan_tag_get(skb);
+		}
+	} else if (veth->h_vlan_proto == htons(ETH_P_8021Q)) {
+		hdr->hdr.l3.ext_flags |= QETH_HDR_EXT_INCLUDE_VLAN_TAG;
+		hdr->hdr.l3.vlan_id = ntohs(veth->h_vlan_TCI);
 	}
 
 	if (!skb_is_gso(skb) && skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
@@ -2373,8 +2376,11 @@ static netdev_tx_t qeth_l3_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	if (IS_IQD(card) || (!skb_is_gso(skb) && ipv == 4))
 		rc = qeth_l3_xmit_offload(card, skb, queue, ipv, cast_type);
-	else
+	else if (skb_is_gso(skb))
 		rc = qeth_l3_xmit(card, skb, queue, ipv, cast_type);
+	else
+		rc = qeth_xmit(card, skb, queue, ipv, cast_type,
+			       qeth_l3_fill_header);
 
 	if (!rc) {
 		card->stats.tx_packets++;
@@ -2476,6 +2482,15 @@ qeth_l3_neigh_setup(struct net_device *dev, struct neigh_parms *np)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static netdev_features_t qeth_l3_osa_features_check(struct sk_buff *skb,
+						    struct net_device *dev,
+						    netdev_features_t features)
+{
+	if (qeth_get_ip_version(skb) != 4)
+		features &= ~NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX;
+	return qeth_features_check(skb, dev, features);
+}
+
 static const struct net_device_ops qeth_l3_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_open		= qeth_l3_open,
 	.ndo_stop		= qeth_l3_stop,
@@ -2496,7 +2511,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops qeth_l3_osa_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_stop		= qeth_l3_stop,
 	.ndo_get_stats		= qeth_get_stats,
 	.ndo_start_xmit		= qeth_l3_hard_start_xmit,
-	.ndo_features_check	= qeth_features_check,
+	.ndo_features_check	= qeth_l3_osa_features_check,
 	.ndo_validate_addr	= eth_validate_addr,
 	.ndo_set_rx_mode	= qeth_l3_set_rx_mode,
 	.ndo_do_ioctl		= qeth_do_ioctl,
@@ -2524,6 +2539,9 @@ static int qeth_l3_setup_netdev(struct qeth_card *card)
 		}
 
 		card->dev->netdev_ops = &qeth_l3_osa_netdev_ops;
+		card->dev->needed_headroom = sizeof(struct qeth_hdr);
+		/* allow for de-acceleration of NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX: */
+		card->dev->needed_headroom += VLAN_HLEN;
 
 		/*IPv6 address autoconfiguration stuff*/
 		qeth_l3_get_unique_id(card);
@@ -2545,6 +2563,7 @@ static int qeth_l3_setup_netdev(struct qeth_card *card)
 	} else if (card->info.type == QETH_CARD_TYPE_IQD) {
 		card->dev->flags |= IFF_NOARP;
 		card->dev->netdev_ops = &qeth_l3_netdev_ops;
+		card->dev->needed_headroom = sizeof(struct qeth_hdr) - ETH_HLEN;
 
 		rc = qeth_l3_iqd_read_initial_mac(card);
 		if (rc)
@@ -2556,7 +2575,6 @@ static int qeth_l3_setup_netdev(struct qeth_card *card)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	card->dev->ethtool_ops = &qeth_l3_ethtool_ops;
-	card->dev->needed_headroom = sizeof(struct qeth_hdr) - ETH_HLEN;
 	card->dev->features |=	NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX |
 				NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX |
 				NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER;