diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index bce37cbfde246b43dd07c17831b1b0a22bf70fb2..6f28ac58251cc8a35a3f4da4ea77894ec2fd09f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -2357,8 +2357,10 @@ static void mlx4_en_add_vxlan_offloads(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 
 	/* set offloads */
-	priv->dev->hw_enc_features |= NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_RXCSUM |
-				      NETIF_F_TSO | NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL |
+	priv->dev->hw_enc_features |= NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM |
+				      NETIF_F_RXCSUM |
+				      NETIF_F_TSO | NETIF_F_TSO6 |
+				      NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL |
 				      NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL_CSUM |
 				      NETIF_F_GSO_PARTIAL;
 }
@@ -2369,8 +2371,10 @@ static void mlx4_en_del_vxlan_offloads(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct mlx4_en_priv *priv = container_of(work, struct mlx4_en_priv,
 						 vxlan_del_task);
 	/* unset offloads */
-	priv->dev->hw_enc_features &= ~(NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_RXCSUM |
-					NETIF_F_TSO | NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL |
+	priv->dev->hw_enc_features &= ~(NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM |
+					NETIF_F_RXCSUM |
+					NETIF_F_TSO | NETIF_F_TSO6 |
+					NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL |
 					NETIF_F_GSO_UDP_TUNNEL_CSUM |
 					NETIF_F_GSO_PARTIAL);
 
@@ -2431,7 +2435,18 @@ static netdev_features_t mlx4_en_features_check(struct sk_buff *skb,
 						netdev_features_t features)
 {
 	features = vlan_features_check(skb, features);
-	return vxlan_features_check(skb, features);
+	features = vxlan_features_check(skb, features);
+
+	/* The ConnectX-3 doesn't support outer IPv6 checksums but it does
+	 * support inner IPv6 checksums and segmentation so  we need to
+	 * strip that feature if this is an IPv6 encapsulated frame.
+	 */
+	if (skb->encapsulation &&
+	    (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) &&
+	    (ip_hdr(skb)->version != 4))
+		features &= ~(NETIF_F_CSUM_MASK | NETIF_F_GSO_MASK);
+
+	return features;
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index a386f047c1afb24530e88a48a7183041e29fdb06..0f206a95429c7904c9607ad6da02e502529be636 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/tcp.h>
 #include <linux/ip.h>
+#include <linux/ipv6.h>
 #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 
 #include "mlx4_en.h"
@@ -920,8 +921,18 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 				 tx_ind, fragptr);
 
 	if (skb->encapsulation) {
-		struct iphdr *ipv4 = (struct iphdr *)skb_inner_network_header(skb);
-		if (ipv4->protocol == IPPROTO_TCP || ipv4->protocol == IPPROTO_UDP)
+		union {
+			struct iphdr *v4;
+			struct ipv6hdr *v6;
+			unsigned char *hdr;
+		} ip;
+		u8 proto;
+
+		ip.hdr = skb_inner_network_header(skb);
+		proto = (ip.v4->version == 4) ? ip.v4->protocol :
+						ip.v6->nexthdr;
+
+		if (proto == IPPROTO_TCP || proto == IPPROTO_UDP)
 			op_own |= cpu_to_be32(MLX4_WQE_CTRL_IIP | MLX4_WQE_CTRL_ILP);
 		else
 			op_own |= cpu_to_be32(MLX4_WQE_CTRL_IIP);