diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
index 7af870a..855c43d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static struct kobj_type ktype_veth_pool;
 
 static const char ibmveth_driver_name[] = "ibmveth";
 static const char ibmveth_driver_string[] = "IBM Power Virtual Ethernet Driver";
-#define ibmveth_driver_version "1.05"
+#define ibmveth_driver_version "1.06"
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Santiago Leon <santil@linux.vnet.ibm.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IBM Power Virtual Ethernet Driver");
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ static inline int ibmveth_rxq_frame_offset(struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter)
 	return ibmveth_rxq_flags(adapter) & IBMVETH_RXQ_OFF_MASK;
 }
 
+static inline int ibmveth_rxq_large_packet(struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	return ibmveth_rxq_flags(adapter) & IBMVETH_RXQ_LRG_PKT;
+}
+
 static inline int ibmveth_rxq_frame_length(struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	return be32_to_cpu(adapter->rx_queue.queue_addr[adapter->rx_queue.index].length);
@@ -1172,6 +1177,45 @@ map_failed:
 	goto retry_bounce;
 }
 
+static void ibmveth_rx_mss_helper(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 mss, int lrg_pkt)
+{
+	int offset = 0;
+
+	/* only TCP packets will be aggregated */
+	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
+		struct iphdr *iph = (struct iphdr *)skb->data;
+
+		if (iph->protocol == IPPROTO_TCP) {
+			offset = iph->ihl * 4;
+			skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type = SKB_GSO_TCPV4;
+		} else {
+			return;
+		}
+	} else if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
+		struct ipv6hdr *iph6 = (struct ipv6hdr *)skb->data;
+
+		if (iph6->nexthdr == IPPROTO_TCP) {
+			offset = sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
+			skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_type = SKB_GSO_TCPV6;
+		} else {
+			return;
+		}
+	} else {
+		return;
+	}
+	/* if mss is not set through Large Packet bit/mss in rx buffer,
+	 * expect that the mss will be written to the tcp header checksum.
+	 */
+	if (lrg_pkt) {
+		skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size = mss;
+	} else if (offset) {
+		struct tcphdr *tcph = (struct tcphdr *)(skb->data + offset);
+
+		skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size = ntohs(tcph->check);
+		tcph->check = 0;
+	}
+}
+
 static int ibmveth_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 {
 	struct ibmveth_adapter *adapter =
@@ -1180,6 +1224,7 @@ static int ibmveth_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 	int frames_processed = 0;
 	unsigned long lpar_rc;
 	struct iphdr *iph;
+	u16 mss = 0;
 
 restart_poll:
 	while (frames_processed < budget) {
@@ -1197,9 +1242,21 @@ restart_poll:
 			int length = ibmveth_rxq_frame_length(adapter);
 			int offset = ibmveth_rxq_frame_offset(adapter);
 			int csum_good = ibmveth_rxq_csum_good(adapter);
+			int lrg_pkt = ibmveth_rxq_large_packet(adapter);
 
 			skb = ibmveth_rxq_get_buffer(adapter);
 
+			/* if the large packet bit is set in the rx queue
+			 * descriptor, the mss will be written by PHYP eight
+			 * bytes from the start of the rx buffer, which is
+			 * skb->data at this stage
+			 */
+			if (lrg_pkt) {
+				__be64 *rxmss = (__be64 *)(skb->data + 8);
+
+				mss = (u16)be64_to_cpu(*rxmss);
+			}
+
 			new_skb = NULL;
 			if (length < rx_copybreak)
 				new_skb = netdev_alloc_skb(netdev, length);
@@ -1233,11 +1290,15 @@ restart_poll:
 					if (iph->check == 0xffff) {
 						iph->check = 0;
 						iph->check = ip_fast_csum((unsigned char *)iph, iph->ihl);
-						adapter->rx_large_packets++;
 					}
 				}
 			}
 
+			if (length > netdev->mtu + ETH_HLEN) {
+				ibmveth_rx_mss_helper(skb, mss, lrg_pkt);
+				adapter->rx_large_packets++;
+			}
+
 			napi_gro_receive(napi, skb);	/* send it up */
 
 			netdev->stats.rx_packets++;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.h
index 4eade67..7acda04 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmveth.h
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ struct ibmveth_rx_q_entry {
 #define IBMVETH_RXQ_TOGGLE		0x80000000
 #define IBMVETH_RXQ_TOGGLE_SHIFT	31
 #define IBMVETH_RXQ_VALID		0x40000000
+#define IBMVETH_RXQ_LRG_PKT		0x04000000
 #define IBMVETH_RXQ_NO_CSUM		0x02000000
 #define IBMVETH_RXQ_CSUM_GOOD		0x01000000
 #define IBMVETH_RXQ_OFF_MASK		0x0000FFFF
