diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 00d26d919459..56db1efd7189 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1215,14 +1215,20 @@ flowlabel_consistency - BOOLEAN
 	FALSE: disabled
 	Default: TRUE
 
-auto_flowlabels - BOOLEAN
-	Automatically generate flow labels based based on a flow hash
-	of the packet. This allows intermediate devices, such as routers,
-	to idenfify packet flows for mechanisms like Equal Cost Multipath
+auto_flowlabels - INTEGER
+	Automatically generate flow labels based on a flow hash of the
+	packet. This allows intermediate devices, such as routers, to
+	identify packet flows for mechanisms like Equal Cost Multipath
 	Routing (see RFC 6438).
-	TRUE: enabled
-	FALSE: disabled
-	Default: false
+	0: automatic flow labels are completely disabled
+	1: automatic flow labels are enabled by default, they can be
+	   disabled on a per socket basis using the IPV6_AUTOFLOWLABEL
+	   socket option
+	2: automatic flow labels are allowed, they may be enabled on a
+	   per socket basis using the IPV6_AUTOFLOWLABEL socket option
+	3: automatic flow labels are enabled and enforced, they cannot
+	   be disabled by the socket option
+	Default: 1
 
 flowlabel_state_ranges - BOOLEAN
 	Split the flow label number space into two ranges. 0-0x7FFFF is
diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 648a2c241993..b7c1286e247d 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <net/flow_dissector.h>
 #include <linux/splice.h>
 #include <linux/in6.h>
+#include <net/flow.h>
 
 /* A. Checksumming of received packets by device.
  *
@@ -945,6 +946,26 @@ static inline __u32 skb_get_hash(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return skb->hash;
 }
 
+__u32 __skb_get_hash_flowi6(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6);
+
+static inline __u32 skb_get_hash_flowi6(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6)
+{
+	if (!skb->l4_hash && !skb->sw_hash)
+		__skb_get_hash_flowi6(skb, fl6);
+
+	return skb->hash;
+}
+
+__u32 __skb_get_hash_flowi4(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi4 *fl);
+
+static inline __u32 skb_get_hash_flowi4(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi4 *fl4)
+{
+	if (!skb->l4_hash && !skb->sw_hash)
+		__skb_get_hash_flowi4(skb, fl4);
+
+	return skb->hash;
+}
+
 __u32 skb_get_hash_perturb(const struct sk_buff *skb, u32 perturb);
 
 static inline __u32 skb_get_hash_raw(const struct sk_buff *skb)
diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index eecdfc92f807..711cca428cc8 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -707,35 +707,69 @@ static inline void iph_to_flow_copy_v6addrs(struct flow_keys *flow,
 }
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+
+/* Sysctl settings for net ipv6.auto_flowlabels */
+#define IP6_AUTO_FLOW_LABEL_OFF		0
+#define IP6_AUTO_FLOW_LABEL_OPTOUT	1
+#define IP6_AUTO_FLOW_LABEL_OPTIN	2
+#define IP6_AUTO_FLOW_LABEL_FORCED	3
+
+#define IP6_AUTO_FLOW_LABEL_MAX		IP6_AUTO_FLOW_LABEL_FORCED
+
+#define IP6_DEFAULT_AUTO_FLOW_LABELS	IP6_AUTO_FLOW_LABEL_OPTOUT
+
 static inline __be32 ip6_make_flowlabel(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
-					__be32 flowlabel, bool autolabel)
+					__be32 flowlabel, bool autolabel,
+					struct flowi6 *fl6)
 {
-	if (!flowlabel && (autolabel || net->ipv6.sysctl.auto_flowlabels)) {
-		u32 hash;
+	u32 hash;
 
-		hash = skb_get_hash(skb);
+	if (flowlabel ||
+	    net->ipv6.sysctl.auto_flowlabels == IP6_AUTO_FLOW_LABEL_OFF ||
+	    (!autolabel &&
+	     net->ipv6.sysctl.auto_flowlabels != IP6_AUTO_FLOW_LABEL_FORCED))
+		return flowlabel;
 
-		/* Since this is being sent on the wire obfuscate hash a bit
-		 * to minimize possbility that any useful information to an
-		 * attacker is leaked. Only lower 20 bits are relevant.
-		 */
-		hash ^= hash >> 12;
+	hash = skb_get_hash_flowi6(skb, fl6);
 
-		flowlabel = (__force __be32)hash & IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MASK;
+	/* Since this is being sent on the wire obfuscate hash a bit
+	 * to minimize possbility that any useful information to an
+	 * attacker is leaked. Only lower 20 bits are relevant.
+	 */
+	rol32(hash, 16);
 
-		if (net->ipv6.sysctl.flowlabel_state_ranges)
-			flowlabel |= IPV6_FLOWLABEL_STATELESS_FLAG;
-	}
+	flowlabel = (__force __be32)hash & IPV6_FLOWLABEL_MASK;
+
+	if (net->ipv6.sysctl.flowlabel_state_ranges)
+		flowlabel |= IPV6_FLOWLABEL_STATELESS_FLAG;
 
 	return flowlabel;
 }
+
+static inline int ip6_default_np_autolabel(struct net *net)
+{
+	switch (net->ipv6.sysctl.auto_flowlabels) {
+	case IP6_AUTO_FLOW_LABEL_OFF:
+	case IP6_AUTO_FLOW_LABEL_OPTIN:
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	case IP6_AUTO_FLOW_LABEL_OPTOUT:
+	case IP6_AUTO_FLOW_LABEL_FORCED:
+		return 1;
+	}
+}
 #else
 static inline void ip6_set_txhash(struct sock *sk) { }
 static inline __be32 ip6_make_flowlabel(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
-					__be32 flowlabel, bool autolabel)
+					__be32 flowlabel, bool autolabel,
+					struct flowi6 *fl6)
 {
 	return flowlabel;
 }
+static inline int ip6_default_np_autolabel(struct net *net)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif
 
 
diff --git a/net/core/flow_dissector.c b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
index 2a834c6179b9..11e6540fa386 100644
--- a/net/core/flow_dissector.c
+++ b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
@@ -590,6 +590,15 @@ void make_flow_keys_digest(struct flow_keys_digest *digest,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(make_flow_keys_digest);
 
+static inline void __skb_set_sw_hash(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 hash,
+				     struct flow_keys *keys)
+{
+	if (keys->ports.ports)
+		skb->l4_hash = 1;
+	skb->sw_hash = 1;
+	skb->hash = hash;
+}
+
 /**
  * __skb_get_hash: calculate a flow hash
  * @skb: sk_buff to calculate flow hash from
@@ -609,10 +618,8 @@ void __skb_get_hash(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	hash = ___skb_get_hash(skb, &keys, hashrnd);
 	if (!hash)
 		return;
-	if (keys.ports.ports)
-		skb->l4_hash = 1;
-	skb->sw_hash = 1;
-	skb->hash = hash;
+
+	__skb_set_sw_hash(skb, hash, &keys);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__skb_get_hash);
 
@@ -624,6 +631,49 @@ __u32 skb_get_hash_perturb(const struct sk_buff *skb, u32 perturb)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_get_hash_perturb);
 
+__u32 __skb_get_hash_flowi6(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6)
+{
+	struct flow_keys keys;
+
+	memset(&keys, 0, sizeof(keys));
+
+	memcpy(&keys.addrs.v6addrs.src, &fl6->saddr,
+	       sizeof(keys.addrs.v6addrs.src));
+	memcpy(&keys.addrs.v6addrs.dst, &fl6->daddr,
+	       sizeof(keys.addrs.v6addrs.dst));
+	keys.control.addr_type = FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_IPV6_ADDRS;
+	keys.ports.src = fl6->fl6_sport;
+	keys.ports.dst = fl6->fl6_dport;
+	keys.keyid.keyid = fl6->fl6_gre_key;
+	keys.tags.flow_label = (__force u32)fl6->flowlabel;
+	keys.basic.ip_proto = fl6->flowi6_proto;
+
+	__skb_set_sw_hash(skb, flow_hash_from_keys(&keys), &keys);
+
+	return skb->hash;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__skb_get_hash_flowi6);
+
+__u32 __skb_get_hash_flowi4(struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi4 *fl4)
+{
+	struct flow_keys keys;
+
+	memset(&keys, 0, sizeof(keys));
+
+	keys.addrs.v4addrs.src = fl4->saddr;
+	keys.addrs.v4addrs.dst = fl4->daddr;
+	keys.control.addr_type = FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_IPV4_ADDRS;
+	keys.ports.src = fl4->fl4_sport;
+	keys.ports.dst = fl4->fl4_dport;
+	keys.keyid.keyid = fl4->fl4_gre_key;
+	keys.basic.ip_proto = fl4->flowi4_proto;
+
+	__skb_set_sw_hash(skb, flow_hash_from_keys(&keys), &keys);
+
+	return skb->hash;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__skb_get_hash_flowi4);
+
 u32 __skb_get_poff(const struct sk_buff *skb, void *data,
 		   const struct flow_keys *keys, int hlen)
 {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index 7bc92ea4ae8f..44bb66bde0e2 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ lookup_protocol:
 	np->mcast_hops	= IPV6_DEFAULT_MCASTHOPS;
 	np->mc_loop	= 1;
 	np->pmtudisc	= IPV6_PMTUDISC_WANT;
+	np->autoflowlabel = ip6_default_np_autolabel(sock_net(sk));
 	sk->sk_ipv6only	= net->ipv6.sysctl.bindv6only;
 
 	/* Init the ipv4 part of the socket since we can have sockets
@@ -767,10 +768,10 @@ static int __net_init inet6_net_init(struct net *net)
 	net->ipv6.sysctl.bindv6only = 0;
 	net->ipv6.sysctl.icmpv6_time = 1*HZ;
 	net->ipv6.sysctl.flowlabel_consistency = 1;
-	net->ipv6.sysctl.auto_flowlabels = 0;
+	net->ipv6.sysctl.auto_flowlabels = IP6_DEFAULT_AUTO_FLOW_LABELS;
 	net->ipv6.sysctl.idgen_retries = 3;
 	net->ipv6.sysctl.idgen_delay = 1 * HZ;
-	net->ipv6.sysctl.flowlabel_state_ranges = 1;
+	net->ipv6.sysctl.flowlabel_state_ranges = 0;
 	atomic_set(&net->ipv6.fib6_sernum, 1);
 
 	err = ipv6_init_mibs(net);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index a38d3ac0f18f..34f121812a14 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ip6gre_xmit2(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 */
 	ipv6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
 	ip6_flow_hdr(ipv6h, INET_ECN_encapsulate(0, dsfield),
-		     ip6_make_flowlabel(net, skb, fl6->flowlabel, false));
+		     ip6_make_flowlabel(net, skb, fl6->flowlabel, true, fl6));
 	ipv6h->hop_limit = tunnel->parms.hop_limit;
 	ipv6h->nexthdr = proto;
 	ipv6h->saddr = fl6->saddr;
@@ -1182,7 +1182,8 @@ static int ip6gre_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 
 	ip6_flow_hdr(ipv6h, 0,
 		     ip6_make_flowlabel(dev_net(dev), skb,
-					t->fl.u.ip6.flowlabel, false));
+					t->fl.u.ip6.flowlabel, true,
+					&t->fl.u.ip6));
 	ipv6h->hop_limit = t->parms.hop_limit;
 	ipv6h->nexthdr = NEXTHDR_GRE;
 	ipv6h->saddr = t->parms.laddr;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 92b7cf0dc1f9..26ea47930740 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ int ip6_xmit(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6,
 		hlimit = ip6_dst_hoplimit(dst);
 
 	ip6_flow_hdr(hdr, tclass, ip6_make_flowlabel(net, skb, fl6->flowlabel,
-						     np->autoflowlabel));
+						     np->autoflowlabel, fl6));
 
 	hdr->payload_len = htons(seg_len);
 	hdr->nexthdr = proto;
@@ -1649,7 +1649,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__ip6_make_skb(struct sock *sk,
 
 	ip6_flow_hdr(hdr, v6_cork->tclass,
 		     ip6_make_flowlabel(net, skb, fl6->flowlabel,
-					np->autoflowlabel));
+					np->autoflowlabel, fl6));
 	hdr->hop_limit = v6_cork->hop_limit;
 	hdr->nexthdr = proto;
 	hdr->saddr = fl6->saddr;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index 2e67b660118b..b0ab420612bc 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ static int ip6_tnl_xmit2(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 	ipv6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
 	ip6_flow_hdr(ipv6h, INET_ECN_encapsulate(0, dsfield),
-		     ip6_make_flowlabel(net, skb, fl6->flowlabel, false));
+		     ip6_make_flowlabel(net, skb, fl6->flowlabel, true, fl6));
 	ipv6h->hop_limit = t->parms.hop_limit;
 	ipv6h->nexthdr = proto;
 	ipv6h->saddr = fl6->saddr;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
index db48aebd9c47..45243bbe5253 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sysctl_net_ipv6.c
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 #include <net/inet_frag.h>
 
 static int one = 1;
+static int auto_flowlabels_min;
+static int auto_flowlabels_max = IP6_AUTO_FLOW_LABEL_MAX;
+
 
 static struct ctl_table ipv6_table_template[] = {
 	{
@@ -45,7 +48,9 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv6_table_template[] = {
 		.data		= &init_net.ipv6.sysctl.auto_flowlabels,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= &auto_flowlabels_min,
+		.extra2		= &auto_flowlabels_max
 	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "fwmark_reflect",