diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 1875dc71422ab99ae6b6ed651ba48c64724000f2..429801370d0c45c677f0cd9667cc07d17f531490 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1784,10 +1784,10 @@ void dev_net_set(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net)
 static inline bool netdev_uses_dsa(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_DSA
-	return dev->dsa_ptr != NULL;
-#else
-	return false;
+	if (dev->dsa_ptr != NULL)
+		return dsa_uses_tagged_protocol(dev->dsa_ptr);
 #endif
+	return false;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/net/dsa.h b/include/net/dsa.h
index dc357454ae3b82e0f049e2681f0d169bde409e96..1035f6452d7931ce8ca1e388f47b49137936721f 100644
--- a/include/net/dsa.h
+++ b/include/net/dsa.h
@@ -198,4 +198,9 @@ static inline void *ds_to_priv(struct dsa_switch *ds)
 	return (void *)(ds + 1);
 }
 
+static inline bool dsa_uses_tagged_protocol(struct dsa_switch_tree *dst)
+{
+	return dst->tag_protocol != 0;
+}
+
 #endif
diff --git a/net/dsa/slave.c b/net/dsa/slave.c
index 03d2894a0f8aca6eddd98ce11530afb26105a243..241c2a1684cbb120ac62ae6d96f084cc1a5654ff 100644
--- a/net/dsa/slave.c
+++ b/net/dsa/slave.c
@@ -181,6 +181,17 @@ static netdev_tx_t dsa_slave_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	return dst->ops->xmit(skb, dev);
 }
 
+static netdev_tx_t dsa_slave_notag_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
+					struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct dsa_slave_priv *p = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	skb->dev = p->parent->dst->master_netdev;
+	dev_queue_xmit(skb);
+
+	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+}
+
 
 /* ethtool operations *******************************************************/
 static int
@@ -314,6 +325,11 @@ static const struct net_device_ops dsa_slave_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_do_ioctl		= dsa_slave_ioctl,
 };
 
+static const struct dsa_device_ops notag_netdev_ops = {
+	.xmit	= dsa_slave_notag_xmit,
+	.rcv	= NULL,
+};
+
 static void dsa_slave_adjust_link(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct dsa_slave_priv *p = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -415,7 +431,8 @@ dsa_slave_create(struct dsa_switch *ds, struct device *parent,
 		break;
 #endif
 	default:
-		BUG();
+		ds->dst->ops = &notag_netdev_ops;
+		break;
 	}
 
 	SET_NETDEV_DEV(slave_dev, parent);