diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
index 8e927838652cc7550b2b4a4335e0df7e2d46dab6..cb0d8ea3d9f2d59095c9c013121df10af32cc115 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ struct xenvif *xenvif_alloc(struct device *parent, domid_t domid,
 	dev->hw_features = NETIF_F_SG |
 		NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM |
 		NETIF_F_TSO;
-	dev->features = dev->hw_features;
+	dev->features = dev->hw_features | NETIF_F_RXCSUM;
 	SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(dev, &xenvif_ethtool_ops);
 
 	dev->tx_queue_len = XENVIF_QUEUE_LENGTH;