diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 20615bbd693b..3a6770a65d78 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -1052,6 +1052,21 @@ static void __handle_link_change(struct usbnet *dev)
 	clear_bit(EVENT_LINK_CHANGE, &dev->flags);
 }
 
+static void usbnet_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *net)
+{
+	struct usbnet		*dev = netdev_priv(net);
+
+	usbnet_defer_kevent(dev, EVENT_SET_RX_MODE);
+}
+
+static void __handle_set_rx_mode(struct usbnet *dev)
+{
+	if (dev->driver_info->set_rx_mode)
+		(dev->driver_info->set_rx_mode)(dev);
+
+	clear_bit(EVENT_SET_RX_MODE, &dev->flags);
+}
+
 /* work that cannot be done in interrupt context uses keventd.
  *
  * NOTE:  with 2.5 we could do more of this using completion callbacks,
@@ -1157,6 +1172,10 @@ kevent (struct work_struct *work)
 	if (test_bit (EVENT_LINK_CHANGE, &dev->flags))
 		__handle_link_change(dev);
 
+	if (test_bit (EVENT_SET_RX_MODE, &dev->flags))
+		__handle_set_rx_mode(dev);
+
+
 	if (dev->flags)
 		netdev_dbg(dev->net, "kevent done, flags = 0x%lx\n", dev->flags);
 }
@@ -1525,6 +1544,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops usbnet_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_stop		= usbnet_stop,
 	.ndo_start_xmit		= usbnet_start_xmit,
 	.ndo_tx_timeout		= usbnet_tx_timeout,
+	.ndo_set_rx_mode	= usbnet_set_rx_mode,
 	.ndo_change_mtu		= usbnet_change_mtu,
 	.ndo_set_mac_address 	= eth_mac_addr,
 	.ndo_validate_addr	= eth_validate_addr,
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h b/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
index 26088feb6608..d9a4905e01d0 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct usbnet {
 #		define EVENT_NO_RUNTIME_PM	9
 #		define EVENT_RX_KILL	10
 #		define EVENT_LINK_CHANGE	11
+#		define EVENT_SET_RX_MODE	12
 };
 
 static inline struct usb_driver *driver_of(struct usb_interface *intf)
@@ -159,6 +160,9 @@ struct driver_info {
 	/* called by minidriver when receiving indication */
 	void	(*indication)(struct usbnet *dev, void *ind, int indlen);
 
+	/* rx mode change (device changes address list filtering) */
+	void	(*set_rx_mode)(struct usbnet *dev);
+
 	/* for new devices, use the descriptor-reading code instead */
 	int		in;		/* rx endpoint */
 	int		out;		/* tx endpoint */