diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index eb73444..220c509 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -782,6 +782,19 @@
  *        (can also return NETDEV_TX_LOCKED iff NETIF_F_LLTX)
  *	Required can not be NULL.
  *
+ * void (*ndo_xmit_flush)(struct net_device *dev, u16 queue);
+ *	A driver implements this function when it wishes to support
+ *	deferred TX queue flushing.  The idea is that the expensive
+ *	operation to trigger TX queue processing can be done after
+ *	N calls to ndo_start_xmit rather than being done every single
+ *	time.  In this regime ndo_start_xmit will be called one or more
+ *	times, and then a final ndo_xmit_flush call will be made to
+ *	have the driver tell the device about the new pending TX queue
+ *	entries.  The kernel keeps track of which queues need flushing
+ *	by monitoring skb->queue_mapping of the packets it submits to
+ *	ndo_start_xmit.  This is the queue value that will be passed
+ *	to ndo_xmit_flush.
+ *
  * u16 (*ndo_select_queue)(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
  *                         void *accel_priv, select_queue_fallback_t fallback);
  *	Called to decide which queue to when device supports multiple
@@ -1005,6 +1018,7 @@
 	int			(*ndo_stop)(struct net_device *dev);
 	netdev_tx_t		(*ndo_start_xmit) (struct sk_buff *skb,
 						   struct net_device *dev);
+	void			(*ndo_xmit_flush)(struct net_device *dev, u16 queue);
 	u16			(*ndo_select_queue)(struct net_device *dev,
 						    struct sk_buff *skb,
 						    void *accel_priv,
@@ -3430,6 +3444,27 @@
 #define dev_proc_init() 0
 #endif
 
+static inline netdev_tx_t __netdev_start_xmit(const struct net_device_ops *ops,
+					      struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	netdev_tx_t ret;
+	u16 q;
+
+	q = skb->queue_mapping;
+	ret = ops->ndo_start_xmit(skb, dev);
+	if (dev_xmit_complete(ret) && ops->ndo_xmit_flush)
+		ops->ndo_xmit_flush(dev, q);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline netdev_tx_t netdev_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+
+	return __netdev_start_xmit(ops, skb, dev);
+}
+
 int netdev_class_create_file_ns(struct class_attribute *class_attr,
 				const void *ns);
 void netdev_class_remove_file_ns(struct class_attribute *class_attr,