diff --git a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
index bb0aacd..fdbe332 100644
--- a/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
 static struct net_device_stats *igb_get_stats(struct net_device *);
 static int igb_change_mtu(struct net_device *, int);
 static int igb_set_mac(struct net_device *, void *);
+static void igb_set_uta(struct igb_adapter *adapter);
 static irqreturn_t igb_intr(int irq, void *);
 static irqreturn_t igb_intr_msi(int irq, void *);
 static irqreturn_t igb_msix_other(int irq, void *);
@@ -141,7 +142,6 @@
 
 	reg_data = rd32(E1000_VMOLR(vfn));
 	reg_data |= E1000_VMOLR_BAM |	 /* Accept broadcast */
-	            E1000_VMOLR_ROPE |   /* Accept packets matched in UTA */
 	            E1000_VMOLR_ROMPE |  /* Accept packets matched in MTA */
 	            E1000_VMOLR_AUPE |   /* Accept untagged packets */
 	            E1000_VMOLR_STRVLAN; /* Strip vlan tags */
@@ -2286,6 +2286,9 @@
 	/* Set the default pool for the PF's first queue */
 	igb_configure_vt_default_pool(adapter);
 
+	/* set UTA to appropriate mode */
+	igb_set_uta(adapter);
+
 	/* set the correct pool for the PF default MAC address in entry 0 */
 	igb_rar_set_qsel(adapter, adapter->hw.mac.addr, 0,
 	                 adapter->vfs_allocated_count);
@@ -2521,6 +2524,95 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ * igb_write_mc_addr_list - write multicast addresses to MTA
+ * @netdev: network interface device structure
+ *
+ * Writes multicast address list to the MTA hash table.
+ * Returns: -ENOMEM on failure
+ *                0 on no addresses written
+ *                X on writing X addresses to MTA
+ **/
+static int igb_write_mc_addr_list(struct net_device *netdev)
+{
+	struct igb_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
+	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+	struct dev_mc_list *mc_ptr = netdev->mc_list;
+	u8  *mta_list;
+	u32 vmolr = 0;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!netdev->mc_count) {
+		/* nothing to program, so clear mc list */
+		igb_update_mc_addr_list(hw, NULL, 0);
+		igb_restore_vf_multicasts(adapter);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	mta_list = kzalloc(netdev->mc_count * 6, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	if (!mta_list)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* set vmolr receive overflow multicast bit */
+	vmolr |= E1000_VMOLR_ROMPE;
+
+	/* The shared function expects a packed array of only addresses. */
+	mc_ptr = netdev->mc_list;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < netdev->mc_count; i++) {
+		if (!mc_ptr)
+			break;
+		memcpy(mta_list + (i*ETH_ALEN), mc_ptr->dmi_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+		mc_ptr = mc_ptr->next;
+	}
+	igb_update_mc_addr_list(hw, mta_list, i);
+	kfree(mta_list);
+
+	return netdev->mc_count;
+}
+
+/**
+ * igb_write_uc_addr_list - write unicast addresses to RAR table
+ * @netdev: network interface device structure
+ *
+ * Writes unicast address list to the RAR table.
+ * Returns: -ENOMEM on failure/insufficient address space
+ *                0 on no addresses written
+ *                X on writing X addresses to the RAR table
+ **/
+static int igb_write_uc_addr_list(struct net_device *netdev)
+{
+	struct igb_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
+	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+	unsigned int vfn = adapter->vfs_allocated_count;
+	unsigned int rar_entries = hw->mac.rar_entry_count - (vfn + 1);
+	int count = 0;
+
+	/* return ENOMEM indicating insufficient memory for addresses */
+	if (netdev->uc.count > rar_entries)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	if (netdev->uc.count && rar_entries) {
+		struct netdev_hw_addr *ha;
+		list_for_each_entry(ha, &netdev->uc.list, list) {
+			if (!rar_entries)
+				break;
+			igb_rar_set_qsel(adapter, ha->addr,
+			                 rar_entries--,
+			                 vfn);
+			count++;
+		}
+	}
+	/* write the addresses in reverse order to avoid write combining */
+	for (; rar_entries > 0 ; rar_entries--) {
+		wr32(E1000_RAH(rar_entries), 0);
+		wr32(E1000_RAL(rar_entries), 0);
+	}
+	wrfl();
+
+	return count;
+}
+
+/**
  * igb_set_rx_mode - Secondary Unicast, Multicast and Promiscuous mode set
  * @netdev: network interface device structure
  *
@@ -2533,73 +2625,63 @@
 {
 	struct igb_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
-	unsigned int rar_entries = hw->mac.rar_entry_count -
-	                           (adapter->vfs_allocated_count + 1);
-	struct dev_mc_list *mc_ptr = netdev->mc_list;
-	u8  *mta_list = NULL;
-	u32 rctl;
-	int i;
+	unsigned int vfn = adapter->vfs_allocated_count;
+	u32 rctl, vmolr = 0;
+	int count;
 
 	/* Check for Promiscuous and All Multicast modes */
 	rctl = rd32(E1000_RCTL);
 
+	/* clear the effected bits */
+	rctl &= ~(E1000_RCTL_UPE | E1000_RCTL_MPE | E1000_RCTL_VFE);
+
 	if (netdev->flags & IFF_PROMISC) {
 		rctl |= (E1000_RCTL_UPE | E1000_RCTL_MPE);
-		rctl &= ~E1000_RCTL_VFE;
+		vmolr |= (E1000_VMOLR_ROPE | E1000_VMOLR_MPME);
 	} else {
-		if (netdev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI)
+		if (netdev->flags & IFF_ALLMULTI) {
 			rctl |= E1000_RCTL_MPE;
-		else
-			rctl &= ~E1000_RCTL_MPE;
-
-		if (netdev->uc.count > rar_entries)
+			vmolr |= E1000_VMOLR_MPME;
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * Write addresses to the MTA, if the attempt fails
+			 * then we should just turn on promiscous mode so
+			 * that we can at least receive multicast traffic
+			 */
+			count = igb_write_mc_addr_list(netdev);
+			if (count < 0) {
+				rctl |= E1000_RCTL_MPE;
+				vmolr |= E1000_VMOLR_MPME;
+			} else if (count) {
+				vmolr |= E1000_VMOLR_ROMPE;
+			}
+		}
+		/*
+		 * Write addresses to available RAR registers, if there is not
+		 * sufficient space to store all the addresses then enable
+		 * unicast promiscous mode
+		 */
+		count = igb_write_uc_addr_list(netdev);
+		if (count < 0) {
 			rctl |= E1000_RCTL_UPE;
-		else
-			rctl &= ~E1000_RCTL_UPE;
+			vmolr |= E1000_VMOLR_ROPE;
+		}
 		rctl |= E1000_RCTL_VFE;
 	}
 	wr32(E1000_RCTL, rctl);
 
-	if (netdev->uc.count && rar_entries) {
-		struct netdev_hw_addr *ha;
-		list_for_each_entry(ha, &netdev->uc.list, list) {
-			if (!rar_entries)
-				break;
-			igb_rar_set_qsel(adapter, ha->addr,
-			                 rar_entries--,
-			                 adapter->vfs_allocated_count);
-		}
-	}
-	/* write the addresses in reverse order to avoid write combining */
-	for (; rar_entries > 0 ; rar_entries--) {
-		wr32(E1000_RAH(rar_entries), 0);
-		wr32(E1000_RAL(rar_entries), 0);
-	}
-	wrfl();
-
-	if (!netdev->mc_count) {
-		/* nothing to program, so clear mc list */
-		igb_update_mc_addr_list(hw, NULL, 0);
-		igb_restore_vf_multicasts(adapter);
+	/*
+	 * In order to support SR-IOV and eventually VMDq it is necessary to set
+	 * the VMOLR to enable the appropriate modes.  Without this workaround
+	 * we will have issues with VLAN tag stripping not being done for frames
+	 * that are only arriving because we are the default pool
+	 */
+	if (hw->mac.type < e1000_82576)
 		return;
-	}
 
-	mta_list = kzalloc(netdev->mc_count * 6, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!mta_list) {
-		dev_err(&adapter->pdev->dev,
-		        "failed to allocate multicast filter list\n");
-		return;
-	}
-
-	/* The shared function expects a packed array of only addresses. */
-	for (i = 0; i < netdev->mc_count; i++) {
-		if (!mc_ptr)
-			break;
-		memcpy(mta_list + (i*ETH_ALEN), mc_ptr->dmi_addr, ETH_ALEN);
-		mc_ptr = mc_ptr->next;
-	}
-	igb_update_mc_addr_list(hw, mta_list, i);
-	kfree(mta_list);
+	vmolr |= rd32(E1000_VMOLR(vfn)) &
+	         ~(E1000_VMOLR_ROPE | E1000_VMOLR_MPME | E1000_VMOLR_ROMPE);
+	wr32(E1000_VMOLR(vfn), vmolr);
 	igb_restore_vf_multicasts(adapter);
 }
 
@@ -4264,6 +4346,33 @@
 }
 
 /**
+ *  igb_set_uta - Set unicast filter table address
+ *  @adapter: board private structure
+ *
+ *  The unicast table address is a register array of 32-bit registers.
+ *  The table is meant to be used in a way similar to how the MTA is used
+ *  however due to certain limitations in the hardware it is necessary to
+ *  set all the hash bits to 1 and use the VMOLR ROPE bit as a promiscous
+ *  enable bit to allow vlan tag stripping when promiscous mode is enabled
+ **/
+static void igb_set_uta(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
+{
+	struct e1000_hw *hw = &adapter->hw;
+	int i;
+
+	/* The UTA table only exists on 82576 hardware and newer */
+	if (hw->mac.type < e1000_82576)
+		return;
+
+	/* we only need to do this if VMDq is enabled */
+	if (!adapter->vfs_allocated_count)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < hw->mac.uta_reg_count; i++)
+		array_wr32(E1000_UTA, i, ~0);
+}
+
+/**
  * igb_intr_msi - Interrupt Handler
  * @irq: interrupt number
  * @data: pointer to a network interface device structure