diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/tx.c b/drivers/net/sfc/tx.c
index 389ede4..582fc75 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/tx.c
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include <linux/tcp.h>
 #include <linux/ip.h>
 #include <linux/in.h>
+#include <linux/ipv6.h>
+#include <net/ipv6.h>
 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include "net_driver.h"
@@ -531,6 +533,7 @@
 #define ETH_HDR_LEN(skb)  (skb_network_header(skb) - (skb)->data)
 #define SKB_TCP_OFF(skb)  PTR_DIFF(tcp_hdr(skb), (skb)->data)
 #define SKB_IPV4_OFF(skb) PTR_DIFF(ip_hdr(skb), (skb)->data)
+#define SKB_IPV6_OFF(skb) PTR_DIFF(ipv6_hdr(skb), (skb)->data)
 
 /**
  * struct tso_state - TSO state for an SKB
@@ -543,6 +546,7 @@
  * @unmap_len: Length of SKB fragment
  * @unmap_addr: DMA address of SKB fragment
  * @unmap_single: DMA single vs page mapping flag
+ * @protocol: Network protocol (after any VLAN header)
  * @header_len: Number of bytes of header
  * @full_packet_size: Number of bytes to put in each outgoing segment
  *
@@ -563,6 +567,7 @@
 	dma_addr_t unmap_addr;
 	bool unmap_single;
 
+	__be16 protocol;
 	unsigned header_len;
 	int full_packet_size;
 };
@@ -570,9 +575,9 @@
 
 /*
  * Verify that our various assumptions about sk_buffs and the conditions
- * under which TSO will be attempted hold true.
+ * under which TSO will be attempted hold true.  Return the protocol number.
  */
-static void efx_tso_check_safe(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static __be16 efx_tso_check_protocol(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	__be16 protocol = skb->protocol;
 
@@ -587,13 +592,22 @@
 		if (protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
 			skb_set_transport_header(skb, sizeof(*veh) +
 						 4 * ip_hdr(skb)->ihl);
+		else if (protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6))
+			skb_set_transport_header(skb, sizeof(*veh) +
+						 sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
 	}
 
-	EFX_BUG_ON_PARANOID(protocol != htons(ETH_P_IP));
-	EFX_BUG_ON_PARANOID(ip_hdr(skb)->protocol != IPPROTO_TCP);
+	if (protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
+		EFX_BUG_ON_PARANOID(ip_hdr(skb)->protocol != IPPROTO_TCP);
+	} else {
+		EFX_BUG_ON_PARANOID(protocol != htons(ETH_P_IPV6));
+		EFX_BUG_ON_PARANOID(ipv6_hdr(skb)->nexthdr != NEXTHDR_TCP);
+	}
 	EFX_BUG_ON_PARANOID((PTR_DIFF(tcp_hdr(skb), skb->data)
 			     + (tcp_hdr(skb)->doff << 2u)) >
 			    skb_headlen(skb));
+
+	return protocol;
 }
 
 
@@ -836,7 +850,10 @@
 			  + PTR_DIFF(tcp_hdr(skb), skb->data));
 	st->full_packet_size = st->header_len + skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
 
-	st->ipv4_id = ntohs(ip_hdr(skb)->id);
+	if (st->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
+		st->ipv4_id = ntohs(ip_hdr(skb)->id);
+	else
+		st->ipv4_id = 0;
 	st->seqnum = ntohl(tcp_hdr(skb)->seq);
 
 	EFX_BUG_ON_PARANOID(tcp_hdr(skb)->urg);
@@ -951,7 +968,6 @@
 				struct tso_state *st)
 {
 	struct efx_tso_header *tsoh;
-	struct iphdr *tsoh_iph;
 	struct tcphdr *tsoh_th;
 	unsigned ip_length;
 	u8 *header;
@@ -975,7 +991,6 @@
 
 	header = TSOH_BUFFER(tsoh);
 	tsoh_th = (struct tcphdr *)(header + SKB_TCP_OFF(skb));
-	tsoh_iph = (struct iphdr *)(header + SKB_IPV4_OFF(skb));
 
 	/* Copy and update the headers. */
 	memcpy(header, skb->data, st->header_len);
@@ -993,11 +1008,22 @@
 		tsoh_th->fin = tcp_hdr(skb)->fin;
 		tsoh_th->psh = tcp_hdr(skb)->psh;
 	}
-	tsoh_iph->tot_len = htons(ip_length);
 
-	/* Linux leaves suitable gaps in the IP ID space for us to fill. */
-	tsoh_iph->id = htons(st->ipv4_id);
-	st->ipv4_id++;
+	if (st->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP)) {
+		struct iphdr *tsoh_iph =
+			(struct iphdr *)(header + SKB_IPV4_OFF(skb));
+
+		tsoh_iph->tot_len = htons(ip_length);
+
+		/* Linux leaves suitable gaps in the IP ID space for us to fill. */
+		tsoh_iph->id = htons(st->ipv4_id);
+		st->ipv4_id++;
+	} else {
+		struct ipv6hdr *tsoh_iph =
+			(struct ipv6hdr *)(header + SKB_IPV6_OFF(skb));
+
+		tsoh_iph->payload_len = htons(ip_length - sizeof(*tsoh_iph));
+	}
 
 	st->packet_space = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
 	++tx_queue->tso_packets;
@@ -1027,8 +1053,8 @@
 	int frag_i, rc, rc2 = NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	struct tso_state state;
 
-	/* Verify TSO is safe - these checks should never fail. */
-	efx_tso_check_safe(skb);
+	/* Find the packet protocol and sanity-check it */
+	state.protocol = efx_tso_check_protocol(skb);
 
 	EFX_BUG_ON_PARANOID(tx_queue->write_count != tx_queue->insert_count);