diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
index b2c03bca79295253a5bdfbb9872b79e5787c0871..3d3ab14c0d979c94e137254914d7bed918dfdae0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40evf_main.c
@@ -2036,6 +2036,7 @@ static void i40evf_init_task(struct work_struct *work)
 			    NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM |
 			    NETIF_F_TSO |
 			    NETIF_F_TSO6 |
+			    NETIF_F_RXCSUM |
 			    NETIF_F_GRO;
 
 	if (adapter->vf_res->vf_offload_flags
@@ -2046,6 +2047,10 @@ static void i40evf_init_task(struct work_struct *work)
 				    NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER;
 	}
 
+	/* copy netdev features into list of user selectable features */
+	netdev->hw_features |= netdev->features;
+	netdev->hw_features &= ~NETIF_F_RXCSUM;
+
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(adapter->hw.mac.addr)) {
 		dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Invalid MAC address %pMAC, using random\n",
 			 adapter->hw.mac.addr);