diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.c b/net/8021q/vlan.c
index c7a581a96894..917ecb93ea28 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ int register_vlan_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 	grp->nr_vlans++;
 
 	if (ngrp) {
-		if (ops->ndo_vlan_rx_register)
+		if (ops->ndo_vlan_rx_register && (real_dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_RX))
 			ops->ndo_vlan_rx_register(real_dev, ngrp);
 		rcu_assign_pointer(real_dev->vlgrp, ngrp);
 	}