int vlan_check_real_dev(struct net_device *real_dev, u16 vlan_id)
 {
        const char *name = real_dev->name;
-       const struct net_device_ops *ops = real_dev->netdev_ops;
 
        if (real_dev->features & NETIF_F_VLAN_CHALLENGED) {
                pr_info("VLANs not supported on %s\n", name);
                return -EOPNOTSUPP;
        }
 
-       if ((real_dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_FILTER) &&
-           (!ops->ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid || !ops->ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid)) {
-               pr_info("Device %s has buggy VLAN hw accel\n", name);
-               return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-       }
-
        if (vlan_find_dev(real_dev, vlan_id) != NULL)
                return -EEXIST;
 
 
        if (!vid_info)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       if ((dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_FILTER) &&
-           ops->ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid) {
+       if (dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_FILTER) {
                err =  ops->ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid(dev, vid);
                if (err) {
                        kfree(vid_info);
        unsigned short vid = vid_info->vid;
        int err;
 
-       if ((dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_FILTER) &&
-            ops->ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid) {
+       if (dev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_FILTER) {
                err = ops->ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid(dev, vid);
                if (err) {
                        pr_warn("failed to kill vid %d for device %s\n",
 
                }
        }
 
+       if (((dev->hw_features | dev->features) & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_FILTER) &&
+           (!dev->netdev_ops->ndo_vlan_rx_add_vid ||
+            !dev->netdev_ops->ndo_vlan_rx_kill_vid)) {
+               netdev_WARN(dev, "Buggy VLAN acceleration in driver!\n");
+               ret = -EINVAL;
+               goto err_uninit;
+       }
+
        ret = -EBUSY;
        if (!dev->ifindex)
                dev->ifindex = dev_new_index(net);