diff --git a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
index 0c35d72f5f8d..9353890dcda0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/in.h>
+#include <linux/ip.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include <asm/semaphore.h>
 #include <asm/hvcall.h>
@@ -132,6 +134,11 @@ static inline int ibmveth_rxq_frame_length(struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter)
 	return (adapter->rx_queue.queue_addr[adapter->rx_queue.index].length);
 }
 
+static inline int ibmveth_rxq_csum_good(struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	return (adapter->rx_queue.queue_addr[adapter->rx_queue.index].csum_good);
+}
+
 /* setup the initial settings for a buffer pool */
 static void ibmveth_init_buffer_pool(struct ibmveth_buff_pool *pool, u32 pool_index, u32 pool_size, u32 buff_size, u32 pool_active)
 {
@@ -695,6 +702,24 @@ static int ibmveth_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 					desc[0].fields.length, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	desc[0].fields.valid   = 1;
 
+	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL &&
+	    ip_hdr(skb)->protocol != IPPROTO_TCP && skb_checksum_help(skb)) {
+		ibmveth_error_printk("tx: failed to checksum packet\n");
+		tx_dropped++;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
+		unsigned char *buf = skb_transport_header(skb) + skb->csum_offset;
+
+		desc[0].fields.no_csum = 1;
+		desc[0].fields.csum_good = 1;
+
+		/* Need to zero out the checksum */
+		buf[0] = 0;
+		buf[1] = 0;
+	}
+
 	if(dma_mapping_error(desc[0].fields.address)) {
 		ibmveth_error_printk("tx: unable to map initial fragment\n");
 		tx_map_failed++;
@@ -713,6 +738,10 @@ static int ibmveth_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 				frag->size, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 		desc[curfrag+1].fields.length = frag->size;
 		desc[curfrag+1].fields.valid  = 1;
+		if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
+			desc[curfrag+1].fields.no_csum = 1;
+			desc[curfrag+1].fields.csum_good = 1;
+		}
 
 		if(dma_mapping_error(desc[curfrag+1].fields.address)) {
 			ibmveth_error_printk("tx: unable to map fragment %d\n", curfrag);
@@ -801,7 +830,11 @@ static int ibmveth_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 		} else {
 			int length = ibmveth_rxq_frame_length(adapter);
 			int offset = ibmveth_rxq_frame_offset(adapter);
+			int csum_good = ibmveth_rxq_csum_good(adapter);
+
 			skb = ibmveth_rxq_get_buffer(adapter);
+			if (csum_good)
+				skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
 
 			ibmveth_rxq_harvest_buffer(adapter);
 
@@ -962,8 +995,10 @@ static void ibmveth_poll_controller(struct net_device *dev)
 static int __devinit ibmveth_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_id *id)
 {
 	int rc, i;
+	long ret;
 	struct net_device *netdev;
 	struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter;
+	union ibmveth_illan_attributes set_attr, ret_attr;
 
 	unsigned char *mac_addr_p;
 	unsigned int *mcastFilterSize_p;
@@ -1057,6 +1092,24 @@ static int __devinit ibmveth_probe(struct vio_dev *dev, const struct vio_device_
 
 	ibmveth_debug_printk("registering netdev...\n");
 
+	ret = h_illan_attributes(dev->unit_address, 0, 0, &ret_attr.desc);
+
+	if (ret == H_SUCCESS && !ret_attr.fields.active_trunk &&
+	    !ret_attr.fields.trunk_priority &&
+	    ret_attr.fields.csum_offload_padded_pkt_support) {
+		set_attr.desc = 0;
+		set_attr.fields.tcp_csum_offload_ipv4 = 1;
+
+		ret = h_illan_attributes(dev->unit_address, 0, set_attr.desc,
+					 &ret_attr.desc);
+
+		if (ret == H_SUCCESS)
+			netdev->features |= NETIF_F_IP_CSUM;
+		else
+			ret = h_illan_attributes(dev->unit_address, set_attr.desc,
+						 0, &ret_attr.desc);
+	}
+
 	rc = register_netdev(netdev);
 
 	if(rc) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ibmveth.h b/drivers/net/ibmveth.h
index e05694126f85..3f10f0f4447a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibmveth.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ibmveth.h
@@ -67,6 +67,21 @@ static inline long h_send_logical_lan(unsigned long unit_address,
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static inline long h_illan_attributes(unsigned long unit_address,
+				      unsigned long reset_mask, unsigned long set_mask,
+				      unsigned long *ret_attributes)
+{
+	long rc;
+	unsigned long retbuf[PLPAR_HCALL_BUFSIZE];
+
+	rc = plpar_hcall(H_ILLAN_ATTRIBUTES, retbuf, unit_address,
+			 reset_mask, set_mask);
+
+	*ret_attributes = retbuf[0];
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 #define h_multicast_ctrl(ua, cmd, mac) \
   plpar_hcall_norets(H_MULTICAST_CTRL, ua, cmd, mac)
 
@@ -142,7 +157,9 @@ struct ibmveth_adapter {
 struct ibmveth_buf_desc_fields {
     u32 valid : 1;
     u32 toggle : 1;
-    u32 reserved : 6;
+    u32 reserved : 4;
+    u32 no_csum : 1;
+    u32 csum_good : 1;
     u32 length : 24;
     u32 address;
 };
@@ -152,10 +169,30 @@ union ibmveth_buf_desc {
     struct ibmveth_buf_desc_fields fields;
 };
 
+struct ibmveth_illan_attributes_fields {
+	u32 reserved;
+	u32 reserved2 : 18;
+	u32 csum_offload_padded_pkt_support : 1;
+	u32 reserved3 : 1;
+	u32 trunk_priority : 4;
+	u32 reserved4 : 5;
+	u32 tcp_csum_offload_ipv6 : 1;
+	u32 tcp_csum_offload_ipv4 : 1;
+	u32 active_trunk : 1;
+};
+
+union ibmveth_illan_attributes {
+	u64 desc;
+	struct ibmveth_illan_attributes_fields fields;
+};
+
 struct ibmveth_rx_q_entry {
     u16 toggle : 1;
     u16 valid : 1;
-    u16 reserved : 14;
+    u16 reserved : 4;
+    u16 no_csum : 1;
+    u16 csum_good : 1;
+    u16 reserved2 : 8;
     u16 offset;
     u32 length;
     u64 correlator;