diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index 52eeb2f672766..9570d2142db10 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <net/arp.h>
 #include <net/route.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
+#include <net/udp.h>
 #include <net/pkt_sched.h>
 
 #include "hyperv_net.h"
@@ -442,8 +443,6 @@ static int netvsc_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *net)
 	}
 
 	net_trans_info = get_net_transport_info(skb, &hdr_offset);
-	if (net_trans_info == TRANSPORT_INFO_NOT_IP)
-		goto do_send;
 
 	/*
 	 * Setup the sendside checksum offload only if this is not a
@@ -478,56 +477,29 @@ static int netvsc_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *net)
 		}
 		lso_info->lso_v2_transmit.tcp_header_offset = hdr_offset;
 		lso_info->lso_v2_transmit.mss = skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_size;
-		goto do_send;
-	}
-
-	if ((skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_NONE) ||
-	    (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY))
-		goto do_send;
-
-	rndis_msg_size += NDIS_CSUM_PPI_SIZE;
-	ppi = init_ppi_data(rndis_msg, NDIS_CSUM_PPI_SIZE,
-			    TCPIP_CHKSUM_PKTINFO);
-
-	csum_info = (struct ndis_tcp_ip_checksum_info *)((void *)ppi +
-			ppi->ppi_offset);
-
-	if (net_trans_info & (INFO_IPV4 << 16))
-		csum_info->transmit.is_ipv4 = 1;
-	else
-		csum_info->transmit.is_ipv6 = 1;
-
-	if (net_trans_info & INFO_TCP) {
-		csum_info->transmit.tcp_checksum = 1;
-		csum_info->transmit.tcp_header_offset = hdr_offset;
-	} else if (net_trans_info & INFO_UDP) {
-		/* UDP checksum offload is not supported on ws2008r2.
-		 * Furthermore, on ws2012 and ws2012r2, there are some
-		 * issues with udp checksum offload from Linux guests.
-		 * (these are host issues).
-		 * For now compute the checksum here.
-		 */
-		struct udphdr *uh;
-		u16 udp_len;
-
-		ret = skb_cow_head(skb, 0);
-		if (ret)
-			goto no_memory;
-
-		uh = udp_hdr(skb);
-		udp_len = ntohs(uh->len);
-		uh->check = 0;
-		uh->check = csum_tcpudp_magic(ip_hdr(skb)->saddr,
-					      ip_hdr(skb)->daddr,
-					      udp_len, IPPROTO_UDP,
-					      csum_partial(uh, udp_len, 0));
-		if (uh->check == 0)
-			uh->check = CSUM_MANGLED_0;
-
-		csum_info->transmit.udp_checksum = 0;
+	} else if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
+		if (net_trans_info & INFO_TCP) {
+			rndis_msg_size += NDIS_CSUM_PPI_SIZE;
+			ppi = init_ppi_data(rndis_msg, NDIS_CSUM_PPI_SIZE,
+					    TCPIP_CHKSUM_PKTINFO);
+
+			csum_info = (struct ndis_tcp_ip_checksum_info *)((void *)ppi +
+									 ppi->ppi_offset);
+
+			if (net_trans_info & (INFO_IPV4 << 16))
+				csum_info->transmit.is_ipv4 = 1;
+			else
+				csum_info->transmit.is_ipv6 = 1;
+
+			csum_info->transmit.tcp_checksum = 1;
+			csum_info->transmit.tcp_header_offset = hdr_offset;
+		} else {
+			/* UDP checksum (and other) offload is not supported. */
+			if (skb_checksum_help(skb))
+				goto drop;
+		}
 	}
 
-do_send:
 	/* Start filling in the page buffers with the rndis hdr */
 	rndis_msg->msg_len += rndis_msg_size;
 	packet->total_data_buflen = rndis_msg->msg_len;