diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
index 39cefb987c09bbbcda597887784fc2b32b092e7a..4f863abbf4c1a837995d8b39cf94411be8b64561 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
@@ -796,8 +796,9 @@ static int ipvlan_xmit_mode_l2e(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 					return NET_XMIT_DROP;
 				}
 
-				if (unlikely(ipvlan_l2e_local_xmit_event(ipvlan,
-									 &skb)))
+				if (unlikely((dev->features &
+					(NETIF_F_GSO | NETIF_F_TSO)) &&
+				    ipvlan_l2e_local_xmit_event(ipvlan, &skb)))
 					return NET_XMIT_DROP;
 				return ipvlan_rcv_frame(addr, &skb, true);
 			}