diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 9aa6104e34ea..3e6a9319c718 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -1360,14 +1360,31 @@ static int __ixgbe_notify_dca(struct device *dev, void *data)
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_IXGBE_DCA */
+
+#define IXGBE_RSS_L4_TYPES_MASK \
+	((1ul << IXGBE_RXDADV_RSSTYPE_IPV4_TCP) | \
+	 (1ul << IXGBE_RXDADV_RSSTYPE_IPV4_UDP) | \
+	 (1ul << IXGBE_RXDADV_RSSTYPE_IPV6_TCP) | \
+	 (1ul << IXGBE_RXDADV_RSSTYPE_IPV6_UDP))
+
 static inline void ixgbe_rx_hash(struct ixgbe_ring *ring,
 				 union ixgbe_adv_rx_desc *rx_desc,
 				 struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	if (ring->netdev->features & NETIF_F_RXHASH)
-		skb_set_hash(skb,
-			     le32_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.lower.hi_dword.rss),
-			     PKT_HASH_TYPE_L3);
+	u16 rss_type;
+
+	if (!(ring->netdev->features & NETIF_F_RXHASH))
+		return;
+
+	rss_type = le16_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.lower.lo_dword.hs_rss.pkt_info) &
+		   IXGBE_RXDADV_RSSTYPE_MASK;
+
+	if (!rss_type)
+		return;
+
+	skb_set_hash(skb, le32_to_cpu(rx_desc->wb.lower.hi_dword.rss),
+		     (IXGBE_RSS_L4_TYPES_MASK & (1ul << rss_type)) ?
+		     PKT_HASH_TYPE_L4 : PKT_HASH_TYPE_L3);
 }
 
 #ifdef IXGBE_FCOE