diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c
index 42238301c42534f1e167879594f1821b216702f2..f30b96fee84043a5cecedb335ba5163312762f1a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c
@@ -1676,6 +1676,7 @@ static int gfar_get_cls_all(struct gfar_private *priv,
 	}
 
 	cmd->data = MAX_FILER_IDX;
+	cmd->rule_cnt = i;
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
index c0003babc06b46a5034273b14aef9c2d1f0aad19..b8410bcaa8985b3a01d2658238167b041053a1e5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
@@ -2283,6 +2283,8 @@ static int ixgbe_get_ethtool_fdir_all(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
 		cnt++;
 	}
 
+	cmd->rule_cnt = cnt;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
index 5e1e1d2748aed21f10c8aae40c79ce72d97fa944..d1338885dc8b30814a1dec36750ce87953f3bde7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/niu.c
@@ -7299,6 +7299,8 @@ static int niu_get_ethtool_tcam_all(struct niu *np,
 	}
 	niu_unlock_parent(np, flags);
 
+	nfc->rule_cnt = cnt;
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
index 5d4a06accd825aff0230148dc163bbbec90ede09..45f00b61c096ec025dfac142c7aaef501bd449dc 100644
--- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -496,9 +496,9 @@ struct ethtool_rx_flow_spec {
  *
  * For %ETHTOOL_GRXCLSRLALL, @rule_cnt specifies the array size of the
  * user buffer for @rule_locs on entry.  On return, @data is the size
- * of the rule table and @rule_locs contains the locations of the
- * defined rules.  Drivers must use the second parameter to get_rxnfc()
- * instead of @rule_locs.
+ * of the rule table, @rule_cnt is the number of defined rules, and
+ * @rule_locs contains the locations of the defined rules.  Drivers
+ * must use the second parameter to get_rxnfc() instead of @rule_locs.
  *
  * For %ETHTOOL_SRXCLSRLINS, @fs specifies the rule to add or update.
  * @fs.@location specifies the location to use and must not be ignored.