diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 1c502bb..6e91931 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -853,18 +853,24 @@
 		struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
 {
 	struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
-	if (data && data[IFLA_MACVLAN_MODE])
-		vlan->mode = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_MACVLAN_MODE]);
+
 	if (data && data[IFLA_MACVLAN_FLAGS]) {
 		__u16 flags = nla_get_u16(data[IFLA_MACVLAN_FLAGS]);
 		bool promisc = (flags ^ vlan->flags) & MACVLAN_FLAG_NOPROMISC;
+		if (vlan->port->passthru && promisc) {
+			int err;
 
-		if (promisc && (flags & MACVLAN_FLAG_NOPROMISC))
-			dev_set_promiscuity(vlan->lowerdev, -1);
-		else if (promisc && !(flags & MACVLAN_FLAG_NOPROMISC))
-			dev_set_promiscuity(vlan->lowerdev, 1);
+			if (flags & MACVLAN_FLAG_NOPROMISC)
+				err = dev_set_promiscuity(vlan->lowerdev, -1);
+			else
+				err = dev_set_promiscuity(vlan->lowerdev, 1);
+			if (err < 0)
+				return err;
+		}
 		vlan->flags = flags;
 	}
+	if (data && data[IFLA_MACVLAN_MODE])
+		vlan->mode = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_MACVLAN_MODE]);
 	return 0;
 }