diff --git a/drivers/ieee802154/fakehard.c b/drivers/ieee802154/fakehard.c
index eb0e2cc..73d4531 100644
--- a/drivers/ieee802154/fakehard.c
+++ b/drivers/ieee802154/fakehard.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ static void ieee802154_fake_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	dev->addr_len		= IEEE802154_ADDR_LEN;
 	memset(dev->broadcast, 0xff, IEEE802154_ADDR_LEN);
-	dev->features		= NETIF_F_NO_CSUM;
+	dev->features		= NETIF_F_HW_CSUM;
 	dev->needed_tailroom	= 2; /* FCS */
 	dev->mtu		= 127;
 	dev->tx_queue_len	= 10;
diff --git a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c
index 42f0673..3fac67a 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/sgi-xp/xpnet.c
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ xpnet_init(void)
 	 * report an error if the data is not retrievable and the
 	 * packet will be dropped.
 	 */
-	xpnet_device->features = NETIF_F_NO_CSUM;
+	xpnet_device->features = NETIF_F_HW_CSUM;
 
 	result = register_netdev(xpnet_device);
 	if (result != 0) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 5fce8f0..627c10f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -4360,7 +4360,7 @@ static void bond_setup(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 				NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_RX |
 				NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_FILTER;
 
-	bond_dev->hw_features &= ~(NETIF_F_ALL_CSUM & ~NETIF_F_NO_CSUM);
+	bond_dev->hw_features &= ~(NETIF_F_ALL_CSUM & ~NETIF_F_HW_CSUM);
 	bond_dev->features |= bond_dev->hw_features;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/dev.c b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
index 25695bd..120f1ab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/dev.c
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ static void can_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	/* New-style flags. */
 	dev->flags = IFF_NOARP;
-	dev->features = NETIF_F_NO_CSUM;
+	dev->features = NETIF_F_HW_CSUM;
 }
 
 struct sk_buff *alloc_can_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct can_frame **cf)
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/slcan.c b/drivers/net/can/slcan.c
index a979b00..3f1ebcc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/slcan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/slcan.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static void slc_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	/* New-style flags. */
 	dev->flags		= IFF_NOARP;
-	dev->features           = NETIF_F_NO_CSUM;
+	dev->features           = NETIF_F_HW_CSUM;
 }
 
 /******************************************
diff --git a/drivers/net/dummy.c b/drivers/net/dummy.c
index a7c5e88..087648e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dummy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dummy.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static void dummy_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->flags |= IFF_NOARP;
 	dev->flags &= ~IFF_MULTICAST;
 	dev->features	|= NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_FRAGLIST | NETIF_F_TSO;
-	dev->features	|= NETIF_F_NO_CSUM | NETIF_F_HIGHDMA | NETIF_F_LLTX;
+	dev->features	|= NETIF_F_HW_CSUM | NETIF_F_HIGHDMA | NETIF_F_LLTX;
 	random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ifb.c b/drivers/net/ifb.c
index 46b5f5f..e05b645 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ifb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ifb.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ifb_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_validate_addr = eth_validate_addr,
 };
 
-#define IFB_FEATURES (NETIF_F_NO_CSUM | NETIF_F_SG  | NETIF_F_FRAGLIST	| \
+#define IFB_FEATURES (NETIF_F_HW_CSUM | NETIF_F_SG  | NETIF_F_FRAGLIST	| \
 		      NETIF_F_TSO_ECN | NETIF_F_TSO | NETIF_F_TSO6	| \
 		      NETIF_F_HIGHDMA | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_TX)
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c
index 4ce9e5f..b71998d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/loopback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static void loopback_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->features 		= NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_FRAGLIST
 		| NETIF_F_ALL_TSO
 		| NETIF_F_UFO
-		| NETIF_F_NO_CSUM
+		| NETIF_F_HW_CSUM
 		| NETIF_F_RXCSUM
 		| NETIF_F_HIGHDMA
 		| NETIF_F_LLTX
diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 5b23767..66571d7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ static void veth_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->features |= NETIF_F_LLTX;
 	dev->destructor = veth_dev_free;
 
-	dev->hw_features = NETIF_F_NO_CSUM | NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_RXCSUM;
+	dev->hw_features = NETIF_F_HW_CSUM | NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_RXCSUM;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/netdev_features.h b/include/linux/netdev_features.h
index 20e3a1f..77f5202 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdev_features.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdev_features.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ typedef u64 netdev_features_t;
 enum {
 	NETIF_F_SG_BIT,			/* Scatter/gather IO. */
 	NETIF_F_IP_CSUM_BIT,		/* Can checksum TCP/UDP over IPv4. */
-	NETIF_F_NO_CSUM_BIT,		/* Does not require checksum. F.e. loopack. */
+	__UNUSED_NETIF_F_1,
 	NETIF_F_HW_CSUM_BIT,		/* Can checksum all the packets. */
 	NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM_BIT,		/* Can checksum TCP/UDP over IPV6 */
 	NETIF_F_HIGHDMA_BIT,		/* Can DMA to high memory. */
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ enum {
 #define NETIF_F_LRO		__NETIF_F(LRO)
 #define NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL	__NETIF_F(NETNS_LOCAL)
 #define NETIF_F_NOCACHE_COPY	__NETIF_F(NOCACHE_COPY)
-#define NETIF_F_NO_CSUM		__NETIF_F(NO_CSUM)
 #define NETIF_F_NTUPLE		__NETIF_F(NTUPLE)
 #define NETIF_F_RXCSUM		__NETIF_F(RXCSUM)
 #define NETIF_F_RXHASH		__NETIF_F(RXHASH)
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ enum {
 #define NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE	(NETIF_F_TSO | NETIF_F_TSO_ECN | \
 				 NETIF_F_TSO6 | NETIF_F_UFO)
 
-#define NETIF_F_GEN_CSUM	(NETIF_F_HW_CSUM | NETIF_F_NO_CSUM)
+#define NETIF_F_GEN_CSUM	NETIF_F_HW_CSUM
 #define NETIF_F_V4_CSUM		(NETIF_F_GEN_CSUM | NETIF_F_IP_CSUM)
 #define NETIF_F_V6_CSUM		(NETIF_F_GEN_CSUM | NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM)
 #define NETIF_F_ALL_CSUM	(NETIF_F_V4_CSUM | NETIF_F_V6_CSUM)
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index ef4655d..ff3af4d 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
  *	at device setup time.
  *	NETIF_F_HW_CSUM	- it is clever device, it is able to checksum
  *			  everything.
- *	NETIF_F_NO_CSUM - loopback or reliable single hop media.
  *	NETIF_F_IP_CSUM - device is dumb. It is able to csum only
  *			  TCP/UDP over IPv4. Sigh. Vendors like this
  *			  way by an unknown reason. Though, see comment above
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_device.c b/net/bridge/br_device.c
index 772bad3..a3754ac 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_device.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_device.c
@@ -342,10 +342,10 @@ void br_dev_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->priv_flags = IFF_EBRIDGE;
 
 	dev->features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_FRAGLIST | NETIF_F_HIGHDMA |
-			NETIF_F_GSO_MASK | NETIF_F_NO_CSUM | NETIF_F_LLTX |
+			NETIF_F_GSO_MASK | NETIF_F_HW_CSUM | NETIF_F_LLTX |
 			NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL | NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_TX;
 	dev->hw_features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_FRAGLIST | NETIF_F_HIGHDMA |
-			   NETIF_F_GSO_MASK | NETIF_F_NO_CSUM |
+			   NETIF_F_GSO_MASK | NETIF_F_HW_CSUM |
 			   NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_TX;
 
 	br->dev = dev;
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 25dc263..73c799c 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5366,12 +5366,6 @@ static netdev_features_t netdev_fix_features(struct net_device *dev,
 		features &= ~(NETIF_F_IP_CSUM|NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM);
 	}
 
-	if ((features & NETIF_F_NO_CSUM) &&
-	    (features & (NETIF_F_HW_CSUM|NETIF_F_IP_CSUM|NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM))) {
-		netdev_warn(dev, "mixed no checksumming and other settings.\n");
-		features &= ~(NETIF_F_IP_CSUM|NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM|NETIF_F_HW_CSUM);
-	}
-
 	/* Fix illegal SG+CSUM combinations. */
 	if ((features & NETIF_F_SG) &&
 	    !(features & NETIF_F_ALL_CSUM)) {
@@ -5628,11 +5622,12 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->wanted_features = dev->features & dev->hw_features;
 
 	/* Turn on no cache copy if HW is doing checksum */
-	dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_NOCACHE_COPY;
-	if ((dev->features & NETIF_F_ALL_CSUM) &&
-	    !(dev->features & NETIF_F_NO_CSUM)) {
-		dev->wanted_features |= NETIF_F_NOCACHE_COPY;
-		dev->features |= NETIF_F_NOCACHE_COPY;
+	if (!(dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK)) {
+		dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_NOCACHE_COPY;
+		if (dev->features & NETIF_F_ALL_CSUM) {
+			dev->wanted_features |= NETIF_F_NOCACHE_COPY;
+			dev->features |= NETIF_F_NOCACHE_COPY;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* Make NETIF_F_HIGHDMA inheritable to VLAN devices.
@@ -6377,10 +6372,6 @@ netdev_features_t netdev_increment_features(netdev_features_t all,
 	all |= one & (NETIF_F_ONE_FOR_ALL|NETIF_F_ALL_CSUM) & mask;
 	all &= one | ~NETIF_F_ALL_FOR_ALL;
 
-	/* If device needs checksumming, downgrade to it. */
-	if (all & (NETIF_F_ALL_CSUM & ~NETIF_F_NO_CSUM))
-		all &= ~NETIF_F_NO_CSUM;
-
 	/* If one device supports hw checksumming, set for all. */
 	if (all & NETIF_F_GEN_CSUM)
 		all &= ~(NETIF_F_ALL_CSUM & ~NETIF_F_GEN_CSUM);
diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index bbf84fe..d2eff9e 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ethtool_op_get_link);
 static const char netdev_features_strings[NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT][ETH_GSTRING_LEN] = {
 	[NETIF_F_SG_BIT] =               "tx-scatter-gather",
 	[NETIF_F_IP_CSUM_BIT] =          "tx-checksum-ipv4",
-	[NETIF_F_NO_CSUM_BIT] =          "tx-checksum-unneeded",
 	[NETIF_F_HW_CSUM_BIT] =          "tx-checksum-ip-generic",
 	[NETIF_F_IPV6_CSUM_BIT] =        "tx-checksum-ipv6",
 	[NETIF_F_HIGHDMA_BIT] =          "highdma",
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
index 19d6aef..1fde233 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ static void lowpan_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->addr_len		= IEEE802154_ADDR_LEN;
 	memset(dev->broadcast, 0xff, IEEE802154_ADDR_LEN);
 	dev->type		= ARPHRD_IEEE802154;
-	dev->features		= NETIF_F_NO_CSUM;
+	dev->features		= NETIF_F_HW_CSUM;
 	/* Frame Control + Sequence Number + Address fields + Security Header */
 	dev->hard_header_len	= 2 + 1 + 20 + 14;
 	dev->needed_tailroom	= 2; /* FCS */
