diff --git a/include/linux/if_macvlan.h b/include/linux/if_macvlan.h
index c2702856295e..84ba5ac39e03 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_macvlan.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_macvlan.h
@@ -119,4 +119,21 @@ extern int macvlan_link_register(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops);
 extern netdev_tx_t macvlan_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				      struct net_device *dev);
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MACVLAN)
+static inline struct net_device *
+macvlan_dev_real_dev(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct macvlan_dev *macvlan = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	return macvlan->lowerdev;
+}
+#else
+static inline struct net_device *
+macvlan_dev_real_dev(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	BUG();
+	return NULL;
+}
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_IF_MACVLAN_H */
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 974143d3e727..7e00a7342ee6 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
 #include <linux/static_key.h>
 #include <linux/hashtable.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/if_macvlan.h>
 
 #include "net-sysfs.h"
 
@@ -1424,6 +1425,10 @@ void dev_disable_lro(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (is_vlan_dev(dev))
 		dev = vlan_dev_real_dev(dev);
 
+	/* the same for macvlan devices */
+	if (netif_is_macvlan(dev))
+		dev = macvlan_dev_real_dev(dev);
+
 	dev->wanted_features &= ~NETIF_F_LRO;
 	netdev_update_features(dev);