diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index 27997d35ebd3..a2468363978e 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ void ether_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->addr_len		= ETH_ALEN;
 	dev->tx_queue_len	= 1000;	/* Ethernet wants good queues */
 	dev->flags		= IFF_BROADCAST|IFF_MULTICAST;
-	dev->priv_flags		= IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING;
+	dev->priv_flags		|= IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING;
 
 	memset(dev->broadcast, 0xFF, ETH_ALEN);