diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index e84d9d23c2d517568eaed025ff9f8438b528f2c0..7dc2ec74122aba85b8288033a3d22f2a38c04413 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2237,6 +2237,7 @@ struct netdev_lag_lower_state_info {
 #define NETDEV_PRECHANGEUPPER	0x001A
 #define NETDEV_CHANGELOWERSTATE	0x001B
 #define NETDEV_UDP_TUNNEL_PUSH_INFO	0x001C
+#define NETDEV_CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN	0x001E
 
 int register_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 int unregister_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 7a0b616557abb6570dbc86a0a7cf04a50a83214b..6e4f3472108015f0fbd7ac6f3dfe7e74a019e8be 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -322,7 +322,20 @@ NETDEVICE_SHOW_RW(flags, fmt_hex);
 
 static int change_tx_queue_len(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long new_len)
 {
-	dev->tx_queue_len = new_len;
+	int res, orig_len = dev->tx_queue_len;
+
+	if (new_len != orig_len) {
+		dev->tx_queue_len = new_len;
+		res = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN, dev);
+		res = notifier_to_errno(res);
+		if (res) {
+			netdev_err(dev,
+				   "refused to change device tx_queue_len\n");
+			dev->tx_queue_len = orig_len;
+			return -EFAULT;
+		}
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index cfed7bc14ee6d93a97fc0eb9b0bc896044671cb1..a9e3805af739c9b8d87fba66ed305fa00ced4e65 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1927,11 +1927,19 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	if (tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]) {
 		unsigned long value = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]);
-
-		if (dev->tx_queue_len ^ value)
+		unsigned long orig_len = dev->tx_queue_len;
+
+		if (dev->tx_queue_len ^ value) {
+			dev->tx_queue_len = value;
+			err = call_netdevice_notifiers(
+			      NETDEV_CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN, dev);
+			err = notifier_to_errno(err);
+			if (err) {
+				dev->tx_queue_len = orig_len;
+				goto errout;
+			}
 			status |= DO_SETLINK_NOTIFY;
-
-		dev->tx_queue_len = value;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE])