diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
index 8eb24ee..2c19dab 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_netdev.c
@@ -1016,6 +1016,126 @@ static void mlx4_en_do_multicast(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
 	}
 }
 
+static void mlx4_en_do_uc_filter(struct mlx4_en_priv *priv,
+				 struct net_device *dev,
+				 struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev)
+{
+	struct netdev_hw_addr *ha;
+	struct mlx4_mac_entry *entry;
+	struct hlist_node *n, *tmp;
+	bool found;
+	u64 mac;
+	int err = 0;
+	struct hlist_head *bucket;
+	unsigned int i;
+	int removed = 0;
+	u32 prev_flags;
+
+	/* Note that we do not need to protect our mac_hash traversal with rcu,
+	 * since all modification code is protected by mdev->state_lock
+	 */
+
+	/* find what to remove */
+	for (i = 0; i < MLX4_EN_MAC_HASH_SIZE; ++i) {
+		bucket = &priv->mac_hash[i];
+		hlist_for_each_entry_safe(entry, n, tmp, bucket, hlist) {
+			found = false;
+			netdev_for_each_uc_addr(ha, dev) {
+				if (ether_addr_equal_64bits(entry->mac,
+							    ha->addr)) {
+					found = true;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			/* MAC address of the port is not in uc list */
+			if (ether_addr_equal_64bits(entry->mac, dev->dev_addr))
+				found = true;
+
+			if (!found) {
+				mac = mlx4_en_mac_to_u64(entry->mac);
+				mlx4_en_uc_steer_release(priv, entry->mac,
+							 priv->base_qpn,
+							 entry->reg_id);
+				mlx4_unregister_mac(mdev->dev, priv->port, mac);
+
+				hlist_del_rcu(&entry->hlist);
+				kfree_rcu(entry, rcu);
+				en_dbg(DRV, priv, "Removed MAC %pM on port:%d\n",
+				       entry->mac, priv->port);
+				++removed;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* if we didn't remove anything, there is no use in trying to add
+	 * again once we are in a forced promisc mode state
+	 */
+	if ((priv->flags & MLX4_EN_FLAG_FORCE_PROMISC) && 0 == removed)
+		return;
+
+	prev_flags = priv->flags;
+	priv->flags &= ~MLX4_EN_FLAG_FORCE_PROMISC;
+
+	/* find what to add */
+	netdev_for_each_uc_addr(ha, dev) {
+		found = false;
+		bucket = &priv->mac_hash[ha->addr[MLX4_EN_MAC_HASH_IDX]];
+		hlist_for_each_entry(entry, n, bucket, hlist) {
+			if (ether_addr_equal_64bits(entry->mac, ha->addr)) {
+				found = true;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (!found) {
+			entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!entry) {
+				en_err(priv, "Failed adding MAC %pM on port:%d (out of memory)\n",
+				       ha->addr, priv->port);
+				priv->flags |= MLX4_EN_FLAG_FORCE_PROMISC;
+				break;
+			}
+			mac = mlx4_en_mac_to_u64(ha->addr);
+			memcpy(entry->mac, ha->addr, ETH_ALEN);
+			err = mlx4_register_mac(mdev->dev, priv->port, mac);
+			if (err < 0) {
+				en_err(priv, "Failed registering MAC %pM on port %d: %d\n",
+				       ha->addr, priv->port, err);
+				kfree(entry);
+				priv->flags |= MLX4_EN_FLAG_FORCE_PROMISC;
+				break;
+			}
+			err = mlx4_en_uc_steer_add(priv, ha->addr,
+						   &priv->base_qpn,
+						   &entry->reg_id);
+			if (err) {
+				en_err(priv, "Failed adding MAC %pM on port %d: %d\n",
+				       ha->addr, priv->port, err);
+				mlx4_unregister_mac(mdev->dev, priv->port, mac);
+				kfree(entry);
+				priv->flags |= MLX4_EN_FLAG_FORCE_PROMISC;
+				break;
+			} else {
+				unsigned int mac_hash;
+				en_dbg(DRV, priv, "Added MAC %pM on port:%d\n",
+				       ha->addr, priv->port);
+				mac_hash = ha->addr[MLX4_EN_MAC_HASH_IDX];
+				bucket = &priv->mac_hash[mac_hash];
+				hlist_add_head_rcu(&entry->hlist, bucket);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (priv->flags & MLX4_EN_FLAG_FORCE_PROMISC) {
+		en_warn(priv, "Forcing promiscuous mode on port:%d\n",
+			priv->port);
+	} else if (prev_flags & MLX4_EN_FLAG_FORCE_PROMISC) {
+		en_warn(priv, "Stop forcing promiscuous mode on port:%d\n",
+			priv->port);
+	}
+}
+
 static void mlx4_en_do_set_rx_mode(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct mlx4_en_priv *priv = container_of(work, struct mlx4_en_priv,
@@ -1043,8 +1163,12 @@ static void mlx4_en_do_set_rx_mode(struct work_struct *work)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_UNICAST_FLT)
+		mlx4_en_do_uc_filter(priv, dev, mdev);
+
 	/* Promsicuous mode: disable all filters */
-	if (dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC) {
+	if ((dev->flags & IFF_PROMISC) ||
+	    (priv->flags & MLX4_EN_FLAG_FORCE_PROMISC)) {
 		mlx4_en_set_promisc_mode(priv, mdev);
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -1961,6 +2085,9 @@ int mlx4_en_init_netdev(struct mlx4_en_dev *mdev, int port,
 	    MLX4_STEERING_MODE_DEVICE_MANAGED)
 		dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_NTUPLE;
 
+	if (mdev->dev->caps.steering_mode != MLX4_STEERING_MODE_A0)
+		dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
+
 	mdev->pndev[port] = dev;
 
 	netif_carrier_off(dev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
index 0ff99e0..c313d7e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mlx4_en.h
@@ -439,7 +439,8 @@ enum {
 	 */
 	MLX4_EN_FLAG_ENABLE_HW_LOOPBACK	= (1 << 2),
 	/* whether we need to drop packets that hardware loopback-ed */
-	MLX4_EN_FLAG_RX_FILTER_NEEDED	= (1 << 3)
+	MLX4_EN_FLAG_RX_FILTER_NEEDED	= (1 << 3),
+	MLX4_EN_FLAG_FORCE_PROMISC	= (1 << 4)
 };
 
 #define MLX4_EN_MAC_HASH_SIZE (1 << BITS_PER_BYTE)
