diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index d0f9c2fd1d4fdaa06110d394411f48bb5f8874bb..16b43bf544b74dd3ee72599f56f429ca2dea8851 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -739,6 +739,10 @@ static int macvlan_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
 			return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 	}
 
+	if (data && data[IFLA_MACVLAN_FLAGS] &&
+	    nla_get_u16(data[IFLA_MACVLAN_FLAGS]) & ~MACVLAN_FLAG_NOPROMISC)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (data && data[IFLA_MACVLAN_MODE]) {
 		switch (nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_MACVLAN_MODE])) {
 		case MACVLAN_MODE_PRIVATE: