diff --git a/drivers/net/s2io.c b/drivers/net/s2io.c
index 668327c..a032d72 100644
--- a/drivers/net/s2io.c
+++ b/drivers/net/s2io.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
  * Tx descriptors that can be associated with each corresponding FIFO.
  * intr_type: This defines the type of interrupt. The values can be 0(INTA),
  *     2(MSI_X). Default value is '2(MSI_X)'
- * lro_enable: Specifies whether to enable Large Receive Offload (LRO) or not.
+ * lro: Specifies whether to enable Large Receive Offload (LRO) or not.
  *     Possible values '1' for enable '0' for disable. Default is '0'
  * lro_max_pkts: This parameter defines maximum number of packets can be
  *     aggregated as a single large packet
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 #include "s2io.h"
 #include "s2io-regs.h"
 
-#define DRV_VERSION "2.0.26.25"
+#define DRV_VERSION "2.0.26.26"
 
 /* S2io Driver name & version. */
 static char s2io_driver_name[] = "Neterion";
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@
 /* Interrupt type. Values can be 0(INTA), 2(MSI_X) */
 S2IO_PARM_INT(intr_type, 2);
 /* Large receive offload feature */
-static unsigned int lro_enable;
+static unsigned int lro_enable = 1;
 module_param_named(lro, lro_enable, uint, 0);
 
 /* Max pkts to be aggregated by LRO at one time. If not specified,
@@ -795,7 +795,6 @@
 		ring->rx_curr_put_info.ring_len = rx_cfg->num_rxd - 1;
 		ring->nic = nic;
 		ring->ring_no = i;
-		ring->lro = lro_enable;
 
 		blk_cnt = rx_cfg->num_rxd / (rxd_count[nic->rxd_mode] + 1);
 		/*  Allocating all the Rx blocks */
@@ -6675,6 +6674,7 @@
 {
 	return (dev->features & NETIF_F_TSO) != 0;
 }
+
 static int s2io_ethtool_op_set_tso(struct net_device *dev, u32 data)
 {
 	if (data)
@@ -6685,6 +6685,42 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int s2io_ethtool_set_flags(struct net_device *dev, u32 data)
+{
+	struct s2io_nic *sp = netdev_priv(dev);
+	int rc = 0;
+	int changed = 0;
+
+	if (data & ~ETH_FLAG_LRO)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	if (data & ETH_FLAG_LRO) {
+		if (lro_enable) {
+			if (!(dev->features & NETIF_F_LRO)) {
+				dev->features |= NETIF_F_LRO;
+				changed = 1;
+			}
+		} else
+			rc = -EINVAL;
+	} else if (dev->features & NETIF_F_LRO) {
+		dev->features &= ~NETIF_F_LRO;
+		changed = 1;
+	}
+
+	if (changed && netif_running(dev)) {
+		s2io_stop_all_tx_queue(sp);
+		s2io_card_down(sp);
+		sp->lro = !!(dev->features & NETIF_F_LRO);
+		rc = s2io_card_up(sp);
+		if (rc)
+			s2io_reset(sp);
+		else
+			s2io_start_all_tx_queue(sp);
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
 static const struct ethtool_ops netdev_ethtool_ops = {
 	.get_settings = s2io_ethtool_gset,
 	.set_settings = s2io_ethtool_sset,
@@ -6701,6 +6737,8 @@
 	.get_rx_csum = s2io_ethtool_get_rx_csum,
 	.set_rx_csum = s2io_ethtool_set_rx_csum,
 	.set_tx_csum = s2io_ethtool_op_set_tx_csum,
+	.set_flags = s2io_ethtool_set_flags,
+	.get_flags = ethtool_op_get_flags,
 	.set_sg = ethtool_op_set_sg,
 	.get_tso = s2io_ethtool_op_get_tso,
 	.set_tso = s2io_ethtool_op_set_tso,
@@ -7229,6 +7267,7 @@
 		struct ring_info *ring = &mac_control->rings[i];
 
 		ring->mtu = dev->mtu;
+		ring->lro = sp->lro;
 		ret = fill_rx_buffers(sp, ring, 1);
 		if (ret) {
 			DBG_PRINT(ERR_DBG, "%s: Out of memory in Open\n",
@@ -7974,7 +8013,8 @@
 	dev->netdev_ops = &s2io_netdev_ops;
 	SET_ETHTOOL_OPS(dev, &netdev_ethtool_ops);
 	dev->features |= NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_TX | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_RX;
-
+	if (lro_enable)
+		dev->features |= NETIF_F_LRO;
 	dev->features |= NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_IP_CSUM;
 	if (sp->high_dma_flag == true)
 		dev->features |= NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;