diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index aa76147..ad37418 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5215,6 +5215,23 @@
 
 unsigned long netdev_fix_features(unsigned long features, const char *name)
 {
+	/* Fix illegal checksum combinations */
+	if ((features & NETIF_F_HW_CSUM) &&
+	    (features & (NETIF_F_IP_CSUM|NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM))) {
+		if (name)
+			printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: mixed HW and IP checksum settings.\n",
+				name);
+		features &= ~(NETIF_F_IP_CSUM|NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM);
+	}
+
+	if ((features & NETIF_F_NO_CSUM) &&
+	    (features & (NETIF_F_HW_CSUM|NETIF_F_IP_CSUM|NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM))) {
+		if (name)
+			printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: mixed no checksumming and other settings.\n",
+				name);
+		features &= ~(NETIF_F_IP_CSUM|NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM|NETIF_F_HW_CSUM);
+	}
+
 	/* Fix illegal SG+CSUM combinations. */
 	if ((features & NETIF_F_SG) &&
 	    !(features & NETIF_F_ALL_CSUM)) {
@@ -5390,21 +5407,6 @@
 	if (dev->iflink == -1)
 		dev->iflink = dev->ifindex;
 
-	/* Fix illegal checksum combinations */
-	if ((dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_CSUM) &&
-	    (dev->features & (NETIF_F_IP_CSUM|NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM))) {
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: mixed HW and IP checksum settings.\n",
-		       dev->name);
-		dev->features &= ~(NETIF_F_IP_CSUM|NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM);
-	}
-
-	if ((dev->features & NETIF_F_NO_CSUM) &&
-	    (dev->features & (NETIF_F_HW_CSUM|NETIF_F_IP_CSUM|NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM))) {
-		printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: mixed no checksumming and other settings.\n",
-		       dev->name);
-		dev->features &= ~(NETIF_F_IP_CSUM|NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM|NETIF_F_HW_CSUM);
-	}
-
 	dev->features = netdev_fix_features(dev->features, dev->name);
 
 	/* Enable software GSO if SG is supported. */