diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index ec11d75..c7e305d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1308,6 +1308,13 @@
 {
 	u32 flags;
 
+	/*
+	 * If we're trying to disable lro on a vlan device
+	 * use the underlying physical device instead
+	 */
+	if (is_vlan_dev(dev))
+		dev = vlan_dev_real_dev(dev);
+
 	if (dev->ethtool_ops && dev->ethtool_ops->get_flags)
 		flags = dev->ethtool_ops->get_flags(dev);
 	else