diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool.h b/include/linux/ethtool.h
index b297f288f6eb837415982d4eef6b3cb3fe2eb1dd..ae757bcf128035d08d4fd65540d2f5539492385b 100644
--- a/include/linux/ethtool.h
+++ b/include/linux/ethtool.h
@@ -648,6 +648,9 @@ enum ethtool_sfeatures_retval_bits {
 
 #include <linux/rculist.h>
 
+/* needed by dev_disable_lro() */
+extern int __ethtool_set_flags(struct net_device *dev, u32 flags);
+
 struct ethtool_rx_ntuple_flow_spec_container {
 	struct ethtool_rx_ntuple_flow_spec fs;
 	struct list_head list;
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 0b88eba97dabcf59d12e1c0735dea04088cac8fe..f453370131a0df665ae8361661a9cb1d6a849cce 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1353,14 +1353,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_close);
  */
 void dev_disable_lro(struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	if (dev->ethtool_ops && dev->ethtool_ops->get_flags &&
-	    dev->ethtool_ops->set_flags) {
-		u32 flags = dev->ethtool_ops->get_flags(dev);
-		if (flags & ETH_FLAG_LRO) {
-			flags &= ~ETH_FLAG_LRO;
-			dev->ethtool_ops->set_flags(dev, flags);
-		}
-	}
+	u32 flags;
+
+	if (dev->ethtool_ops && dev->ethtool_ops->get_flags)
+		flags = dev->ethtool_ops->get_flags(dev);
+	else
+		flags = ethtool_op_get_flags(dev);
+
+	if (!(flags & ETH_FLAG_LRO))
+		return;
+
+	__ethtool_set_flags(dev, flags & ~ETH_FLAG_LRO);
 	WARN_ON(dev->features & NETIF_F_LRO);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_disable_lro);
diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index a1086fb0c0c7d0929db5a3f2f9cdae42d540c814..24bd57493c0d602d38259b6111a6780611ca46fd 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ static int ethtool_set_one_feature(struct net_device *dev,
 	}
 }
 
-static int __ethtool_set_flags(struct net_device *dev, u32 data)
+int __ethtool_set_flags(struct net_device *dev, u32 data)
 {
 	u32 changed;