diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 5de632ed0ec05f1dc79ba4abcdedca3c288211b6..ceb44a095a27ba98804442c1f7aa91ed616b7d42 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -335,6 +335,14 @@ tcp_keepalive_intvl - INTEGER
 	after probes started. Default value: 75sec i.e. connection
 	will be aborted after ~11 minutes of retries.
 
+tcp_l3mdev_accept - BOOLEAN
+	Enables child sockets to inherit the L3 master device index.
+	Enabling this option allows a "global" listen socket to work
+	across L3 master domains (e.g., VRFs) with connected sockets
+	derived from the listen socket to be bound to the L3 domain in
+	which the packets originated. Only valid when the kernel was
+	compiled with CONFIG_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV.
+
 tcp_low_latency - BOOLEAN
 	If set, the TCP stack makes decisions that prefer lower
 	latency as opposed to higher throughput.  By default, this
diff --git a/include/net/inet_sock.h b/include/net/inet_sock.h
index 625bdf95d673d16eda11884e9adf1595c9926d0f..012b1f91f3ec4e3b018fb1b900692342eaefe108 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_sock.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include <net/request_sock.h>
 #include <net/netns/hash.h>
 #include <net/tcp_states.h>
+#include <net/l3mdev.h>
 
 /** struct ip_options - IP Options
  *
@@ -113,6 +114,19 @@ static inline u32 inet_request_mark(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return sk->sk_mark;
 }
 
+static inline int inet_request_bound_dev_if(const struct sock *sk,
+					    struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
+	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
+
+	if (!sk->sk_bound_dev_if && net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_l3mdev_accept)
+		return l3mdev_master_ifindex_by_index(net, skb->skb_iif);
+#endif
+
+	return sk->sk_bound_dev_if;
+}
+
 struct inet_cork {
 	unsigned int		flags;
 	__be32			addr;
diff --git a/include/net/l3mdev.h b/include/net/l3mdev.h
index 774d85b2d5d97734b79eadea20f090ebf684b057..786226f8e77be766c210c64a5577d3dad401d2e1 100644
--- a/include/net/l3mdev.h
+++ b/include/net/l3mdev.h
@@ -51,6 +51,24 @@ static inline int l3mdev_master_ifindex(struct net_device *dev)
 	return ifindex;
 }
 
+static inline int l3mdev_master_ifindex_by_index(struct net *net, int ifindex)
+{
+	struct net_device *dev;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	if (likely(ifindex)) {
+		rcu_read_lock();
+
+		dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(net, ifindex);
+		if (dev)
+			rc = l3mdev_master_ifindex_rcu(dev);
+
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 /* get index of an interface to use for FIB lookups. For devices
  * enslaved to an L3 master device FIB lookups are based on the
  * master index
@@ -167,6 +185,11 @@ static inline int l3mdev_master_ifindex(struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int l3mdev_master_ifindex_by_index(struct net *net, int ifindex)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int l3mdev_fib_oif_rcu(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	return dev ? dev->ifindex : 0;
diff --git a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
index c68926b4899c36e77c38b6244dfb8d126685b905..d75be32650ba114f348622b0c4e462d604db8f9f 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/ipv4.h
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ struct netns_ipv4 {
 
 	int sysctl_fwmark_reflect;
 	int sysctl_tcp_fwmark_accept;
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
+	int sysctl_tcp_l3mdev_accept;
+#endif
 	int sysctl_tcp_mtu_probing;
 	int sysctl_tcp_base_mss;
 	int sysctl_tcp_probe_threshold;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/syncookies.c b/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
index 4cbe9f0a428179d8c35fa5f0a05dd2b445498c11..643a86c490208cad3fa1e4098e5bc7c30d03eab8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ struct sock *cookie_v4_check(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	treq->snt_synack.v64	= 0;
 	treq->tfo_listener	= false;
 
-	ireq->ir_iif = sk->sk_bound_dev_if;
+	ireq->ir_iif = inet_request_bound_dev_if(sk, skb);
 
 	/* We throwed the options of the initial SYN away, so we hope
 	 * the ACK carries the same options again (see RFC1122 4.2.3.8)
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ struct sock *cookie_v4_check(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 * hasn't changed since we received the original syn, but I see
 	 * no easy way to do this.
 	 */
-	flowi4_init_output(&fl4, sk->sk_bound_dev_if, ireq->ir_mark,
+	flowi4_init_output(&fl4, ireq->ir_iif, ireq->ir_mark,
 			   RT_CONN_FLAGS(sk), RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE, IPPROTO_TCP,
 			   inet_sk_flowi_flags(sk),
 			   opt->srr ? opt->faddr : ireq->ir_rmt_addr,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
index a0bd7a55193e351c9ec75a469315c44e76195fd1..41ff1f87dfd75fe54e8f9c4fb13d446d7305b0a0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -915,6 +915,17 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
 	},
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_L3_MASTER_DEV
+	{
+		.procname	= "tcp_l3mdev_accept",
+		.data		= &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_tcp_l3mdev_accept,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+		.extra2		= &one,
+	},
+#endif
 	{
 		.procname	= "tcp_mtu_probing",
 		.data		= &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_tcp_mtu_probing,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 2d656eef7f8e16458127ba591e0a4154365f6a83..7b1fddc4701911b47f3f6c4665304230867a3f24 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -6204,7 +6204,7 @@ int tcp_conn_request(struct request_sock_ops *rsk_ops,
 	tcp_openreq_init(req, &tmp_opt, skb, sk);
 
 	/* Note: tcp_v6_init_req() might override ir_iif for link locals */
-	inet_rsk(req)->ir_iif = sk->sk_bound_dev_if;
+	inet_rsk(req)->ir_iif = inet_request_bound_dev_if(sk, skb);
 
 	af_ops->init_req(req, sk, skb);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 205e6745393f992e3ac431f8f1d4c68fed344015..46e92fbd26a8fd01b9f989b7676206e2390567c2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -1276,6 +1276,7 @@ struct sock *tcp_v4_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	ireq		      = inet_rsk(req);
 	sk_daddr_set(newsk, ireq->ir_rmt_addr);
 	sk_rcv_saddr_set(newsk, ireq->ir_loc_addr);
+	newsk->sk_bound_dev_if = ireq->ir_iif;
 	newinet->inet_saddr	      = ireq->ir_loc_addr;
 	inet_opt	      = ireq->opt;
 	rcu_assign_pointer(newinet->inet_opt, inet_opt);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
index eaf7ac496d506937cd52944bbdc17da720110b59..2906ef20795e4ce2365011128c5eb9bfbcc9bdca 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ struct sock *cookie_v6_check(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		ireq->pktopts = skb;
 	}
 
-	ireq->ir_iif = sk->sk_bound_dev_if;
+	ireq->ir_iif = inet_request_bound_dev_if(sk, skb);
 	/* So that link locals have meaning */
 	if (!sk->sk_bound_dev_if &&
 	    ipv6_addr_type(&ireq->ir_v6_rmt_addr) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL)
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ struct sock *cookie_v6_check(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		fl6.daddr = ireq->ir_v6_rmt_addr;
 		final_p = fl6_update_dst(&fl6, rcu_dereference(np->opt), &final);
 		fl6.saddr = ireq->ir_v6_loc_addr;
-		fl6.flowi6_oif = sk->sk_bound_dev_if;
+		fl6.flowi6_oif = ireq->ir_iif;
 		fl6.flowi6_mark = ireq->ir_mark;
 		fl6.fl6_dport = ireq->ir_rmt_port;
 		fl6.fl6_sport = inet_sk(sk)->inet_sport;