+ rtnl_link_get_size(dev) /* IFLA_LINKINFO */
               + rtnl_link_get_af_size(dev) /* IFLA_AF_SPEC */
               + nla_total_size(MAX_PHYS_ITEM_ID_LEN) /* IFLA_PHYS_PORT_ID */
-              + nla_total_size(MAX_PHYS_ITEM_ID_LEN); /* IFLA_PHYS_SWITCH_ID */
+              + nla_total_size(MAX_PHYS_ITEM_ID_LEN) /* IFLA_PHYS_SWITCH_ID */
+              + nla_total_size(1); /* IFLA_PROTO_DOWN */
+
 }
 
 static int rtnl_vf_ports_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
            (dev->ifalias &&
             nla_put_string(skb, IFLA_IFALIAS, dev->ifalias)) ||
            nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_CARRIER_CHANGES,
-                       atomic_read(&dev->carrier_changes)))
+                       atomic_read(&dev->carrier_changes)) ||
+           nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_PROTO_DOWN, dev->proto_down))
                goto nla_put_failure;
 
        if (1) {
        [IFLA_CARRIER_CHANGES]  = { .type = NLA_U32 },  /* ignored */
        [IFLA_PHYS_SWITCH_ID]   = { .type = NLA_BINARY, .len = MAX_PHYS_ITEM_ID_LEN },
        [IFLA_LINK_NETNSID]     = { .type = NLA_S32 },
+       [IFLA_PROTO_DOWN]       = { .type = NLA_U8 },
 };
 
 static const struct nla_policy ifla_info_policy[IFLA_INFO_MAX+1] = {
        }
        err = 0;
 
+       if (tb[IFLA_PROTO_DOWN]) {
+               err = dev_change_proto_down(dev,
+                                           nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_PROTO_DOWN]));
+               if (err)
+                       goto errout;
+               status |= DO_SETLINK_NOTIFY;
+       }
+
 errout:
        if (status & DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED) {
                if (status & DO_SETLINK_NOTIFY)