diff --git a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
index b3647d090e1f..708e84f31888 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_multicast.c
@@ -783,6 +783,7 @@ static void br_multicast_send_query(struct net_bridge *br,
 	struct br_ip br_group;
 
 	if (!netif_running(br->dev) || br->multicast_disabled ||
+	    !br->multicast_querier ||
 	    timer_pending(&br->multicast_querier_timer))
 		return;
 
@@ -1565,6 +1566,7 @@ void br_multicast_init(struct net_bridge *br)
 	br->hash_max = 512;
 
 	br->multicast_router = 1;
+	br->multicast_querier = 0;
 	br->multicast_last_member_count = 2;
 	br->multicast_startup_query_count = 2;
 
@@ -1760,6 +1762,24 @@ int br_multicast_toggle(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val)
 	return err;
 }
 
+int br_multicast_set_querier(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val)
+{
+	val = !!val;
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&br->multicast_lock);
+	if (br->multicast_querier == val)
+		goto unlock;
+
+	br->multicast_querier = val;
+	if (val)
+		br_multicast_start_querier(br);
+
+unlock:
+	spin_unlock_bh(&br->multicast_lock);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int br_multicast_set_hash_max(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val)
 {
 	int err = -ENOENT;
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
index e1d882257877..f8ffd8c49054 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ struct net_bridge
 	unsigned char			multicast_router;
 
 	u8				multicast_disabled:1;
+	u8				multicast_querier:1;
 
 	u32				hash_elasticity;
 	u32				hash_max;
@@ -417,6 +418,7 @@ extern int br_multicast_set_router(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val);
 extern int br_multicast_set_port_router(struct net_bridge_port *p,
 					unsigned long val);
 extern int br_multicast_toggle(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val);
+extern int br_multicast_set_querier(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val);
 extern int br_multicast_set_hash_max(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val);
 
 static inline bool br_multicast_is_router(struct net_bridge *br)
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
index 766fd7fb0295..c5c059333eab 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_br.c
@@ -379,6 +379,23 @@ static ssize_t store_multicast_snooping(struct device *d,
 static DEVICE_ATTR(multicast_snooping, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
 		   show_multicast_snooping, store_multicast_snooping);
 
+static ssize_t show_multicast_querier(struct device *d,
+				      struct device_attribute *attr,
+				      char *buf)
+{
+	struct net_bridge *br = to_bridge(d);
+	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", br->multicast_querier);
+}
+
+static ssize_t store_multicast_querier(struct device *d,
+				       struct device_attribute *attr,
+				       const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	return store_bridge_parm(d, buf, len, br_multicast_set_querier);
+}
+static DEVICE_ATTR(multicast_querier, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR,
+		   show_multicast_querier, store_multicast_querier);
+
 static ssize_t show_hash_elasticity(struct device *d,
 				    struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
@@ -702,6 +719,7 @@ static struct attribute *bridge_attrs[] = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BRIDGE_IGMP_SNOOPING
 	&dev_attr_multicast_router.attr,
 	&dev_attr_multicast_snooping.attr,
+	&dev_attr_multicast_querier.attr,
 	&dev_attr_hash_elasticity.attr,
 	&dev_attr_hash_max.attr,
 	&dev_attr_multicast_last_member_count.attr,