diff --git a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
index 4855f1fdff52b7f47cc0874c6ff4407993392685..be3fe71b9c908a28a2f9eae3430b4de60d4cca34 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibmveth.c
@@ -1397,6 +1397,8 @@ static int __devinit ibmveth_probe(struct vio_dev *dev,
 
 	netdev_dbg(netdev, "registering netdev...\n");
 
+	ibmveth_set_features(netdev, netdev->features);
+
 	rc = register_netdev(netdev);
 
 	if (rc) {