diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index 7cf898455e60076d52c1031422f3d90a3a10f4a3..3e233d924cce3b8bbf6bf5901b61455c5c0cd2dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -894,7 +894,8 @@ static int gfar_of_init(struct platform_device *ofdev, struct net_device **pdev)
 				     FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_VLAN |
 				     FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_MAGIC_PACKET |
 				     FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_EXTENDED_HASH |
-				     FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_TIMER;
+				     FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_TIMER |
+				     FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_RX_FILER;
 
 	err = of_property_read_string(np, "phy-connection-type", &ctype);
 
@@ -1396,8 +1397,9 @@ static int gfar_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 		priv->rx_queue[i]->rxic = DEFAULT_RXIC;
 	}
 
-	/* always enable rx filer */
-	priv->rx_filer_enable = 1;
+	/* Always enable rx filer if available */
+	priv->rx_filer_enable =
+	    (priv->device_flags & FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_RX_FILER) ? 1 : 0;
 	/* Enable most messages by default */
 	priv->msg_enable = (NETIF_MSG_IFUP << 1 ) - 1;
 	/* use pritority h/w tx queue scheduling for single queue devices */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.h
index f266b20f9ef5be53e6c55f2579484bb72d8794a1..cb77667971a7e4dd761ada53273f04a2047cf259 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.h
@@ -923,6 +923,7 @@ struct gfar {
 #define FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_BUF_STASHING	0x00000400
 #define FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_TIMER		0x00000800
 #define FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_WAKE_ON_FILER	0x00001000
+#define FSL_GIANFAR_DEV_HAS_RX_FILER		0x00002000
 
 #if (MAXGROUPS == 2)
 #define DEFAULT_MAPPING 	0xAA