diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c
index d70fb76edb7717062544a3c87d27e5799d0348c9..4ce9e5f2c069876a0fd4ec6d1446c25408411a33 100644
--- a/drivers/net/loopback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c
@@ -174,7 +174,8 @@ static void loopback_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 		| NETIF_F_HIGHDMA
 		| NETIF_F_LLTX
 		| NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL
-		| NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED;
+		| NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED
+		| NETIF_F_LOOPBACK;
 	dev->ethtool_ops	= &loopback_ethtool_ops;
 	dev->header_ops		= &eth_header_ops;
 	dev->netdev_ops		= &loopback_ops;
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index d5de66af46f9b93d6ac84dcd7c3162dc1e0e433b..e7244ed1f9a87dd2c8c4fccb35e9b7e9b6457754 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1067,6 +1067,7 @@ struct net_device {
 #define NETIF_F_RXHASH		(1 << 28) /* Receive hashing offload */
 #define NETIF_F_RXCSUM		(1 << 29) /* Receive checksumming offload */
 #define NETIF_F_NOCACHE_COPY	(1 << 30) /* Use no-cache copyfromuser */
+#define NETIF_F_LOOPBACK	(1 << 31) /* Enable loopback */
 
 	/* Segmentation offload features */
 #define NETIF_F_GSO_SHIFT	16
@@ -1082,7 +1083,7 @@ struct net_device {
 	/* = all defined minus driver/device-class-related */
 #define NETIF_F_NEVER_CHANGE	(NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED | \
 				  NETIF_F_LLTX | NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL)
-#define NETIF_F_ETHTOOL_BITS	(0x7f3fffff & ~NETIF_F_NEVER_CHANGE)
+#define NETIF_F_ETHTOOL_BITS	(0xff3fffff & ~NETIF_F_NEVER_CHANGE)
 
 	/* List of features with software fallbacks. */
 #define NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE	(NETIF_F_TSO | NETIF_F_TSO_ECN | \
diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 927819d92248bfc22696ea754e9c8480b47fde4f..b6f40588853851caf646178d86bb2c4feebb392d 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ static const char netdev_features_strings[ETHTOOL_DEV_FEATURE_WORDS * 32][ETH_GS
 	/* NETIF_F_RXHASH */          "rx-hashing",
 	/* NETIF_F_RXCSUM */          "rx-checksum",
 	/* NETIF_F_NOCACHE_COPY */    "tx-nocache-copy"
-	"",
+	/* NETIF_F_LOOPBACK */        "loopback",
 };
 
 static int __ethtool_get_sset_count(struct net_device *dev, int sset)