diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
index c4cebacabcb5..cb782d81d84f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/lan78xx.c
@@ -1499,6 +1499,17 @@ static void lan78xx_deferred_multicast_write(struct work_struct *param)
 	return;
 }
 
+static void lan78xx_update_vlan_filter(struct lan78xx_priv *pdata,
+				       struct net_device *netdev,
+				       netdev_features_t features)
+{
+	if ((features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER) &&
+	    !(netdev->flags & IFF_PROMISC))
+		pdata->rfe_ctl |= RFE_CTL_VLAN_FILTER_;
+	else
+		pdata->rfe_ctl &= ~RFE_CTL_VLAN_FILTER_;
+}
+
 static void lan78xx_set_multicast(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct lan78xx_net *dev = netdev_priv(netdev);
@@ -1533,6 +1544,8 @@ static void lan78xx_set_multicast(struct net_device *netdev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	lan78xx_update_vlan_filter(pdata, dev->net, dev->net->features);
+
 	if (netdev_mc_count(dev->net)) {
 		struct netdev_hw_addr *ha;
 		int i;
@@ -3074,10 +3087,7 @@ static int lan78xx_set_features(struct net_device *netdev,
 	else
 		pdata->rfe_ctl &= ~RFE_CTL_VLAN_STRIP_;
 
-	if (features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_FILTER)
-		pdata->rfe_ctl |= RFE_CTL_VLAN_FILTER_;
-	else
-		pdata->rfe_ctl &= ~RFE_CTL_VLAN_FILTER_;
+	lan78xx_update_vlan_filter(pdata, netdev, features);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&pdata->rfe_ctl_lock, flags);