diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/lg-vl600.c b/drivers/net/usb/lg-vl600.c
index 1d83ccf..1e72219 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/lg-vl600.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/lg-vl600.c
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@
 	 * addresses have no meaning, the destination and the source of every
 	 * packet depend only on whether it is on the IN or OUT endpoint.  */
 	dev->net->flags |= IFF_NOARP;
+	/* IPv6 NDP relies on multicast.  Enable it by default. */
+	dev->net->flags |= IFF_MULTICAST;
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -200,6 +202,14 @@
 		} else {
 			memset(ethhdr->h_source, 0, ETH_ALEN);
 			memcpy(ethhdr->h_dest, dev->net->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+
+			/* Inbound IPv6 packets have an IPv4 ethertype (0x800)
+			 * for some reason.  Peek at the L3 header to check
+			 * for IPv6 packets, and set the ethertype to IPv6
+			 * (0x86dd) so Linux can understand it.
+			 */
+			if ((buf->data[sizeof(*ethhdr)] & 0xf0) == 0x60)
+				ethhdr->h_proto = __constant_htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
 		}
 
 		if (count) {
@@ -297,6 +307,15 @@
 	if (skb->len < full_len) /* Pad */
 		skb_put(skb, full_len - skb->len);
 
+	/* The VL600 wants IPv6 packets to have an IPv4 ethertype
+	 * Check if this is an IPv6 packet, and set the ethertype
+	 * to 0x800
+	 */
+	if ((skb->data[sizeof(struct vl600_pkt_hdr *) + 0x22] & 0xf0) == 0x60) {
+		skb->data[sizeof(struct vl600_pkt_hdr *) + 0x20] = 0x08;
+		skb->data[sizeof(struct vl600_pkt_hdr *) + 0x21] = 0;
+	}
+
 	return skb;
 }