diff --git a/include/linux/netdev_features.h b/include/linux/netdev_features.h
index b239507da2a06e174e93655bba7cb09fd7f8199a..34d050bb1ae6f33f77d9e58c80c480bc6460e02b 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdev_features.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdev_features.h
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ static inline int find_next_netdev_feature(u64 feature, unsigned long start)
 /* changeable features with no special hardware requirements */
 #define NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES	(NETIF_F_GSO | NETIF_F_GRO)
 
+/* Changeable features with no special hardware requirements that defaults to off. */
+#define NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES_OFF	NETIF_F_GRO_FRAGLIST
+
 #define NETIF_F_VLAN_FEATURES	(NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER | \
 				 NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX | \
 				 NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_TX | \
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index c806b078097b3902a8bcd66db72dbc6ab84dc331..a3b154a4b4f92a0bcc76cce258accc134d0fd6cf 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -9283,7 +9283,7 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 	/* Transfer changeable features to wanted_features and enable
 	 * software offloads (GSO and GRO).
 	 */
-	dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES;
+	dev->hw_features |= (NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES | NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES_OFF);
 	dev->features |= NETIF_F_SOFT_FEATURES;
 
 	if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_udp_tunnel_add) {