diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index c34b4c82b0dc..20825e5f433f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ enum
 	NET_TCP_ALLOWED_CONG_CONTROL=123,
 	NET_TCP_MAX_SSTHRESH=124,
 	NET_TCP_FRTO_RESPONSE=125,
+	NET_IPV4_EARLY_DEMUX=126,
 };
 
 enum {
diff --git a/include/net/ip.h b/include/net/ip.h
index 83e0619f59d0..50841bd6f10e 100644
--- a/include/net/ip.h
+++ b/include/net/ip.h
@@ -210,6 +210,9 @@ extern int inet_peer_threshold;
 extern int inet_peer_minttl;
 extern int inet_peer_maxttl;
 
+/* From ip_input.c */
+extern int sysctl_ip_early_demux;
+
 /* From ip_output.c */
 extern int sysctl_ip_dynaddr;
 
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
index a650694883a1..6a3cf8253aae 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@ static const struct bin_table bin_net_ipv4_table[] = {
 	{ CTL_INT,	NET_IPV4_IPFRAG_SECRET_INTERVAL,	"ipfrag_secret_interval" },
 	/* NET_IPV4_IPFRAG_MAX_DIST "ipfrag_max_dist" no longer used */
 
+	{ CTL_INT,	NET_IPV4_EARLY_DEMUX,			"ip_early_demux" },
+
 	{ CTL_INT,	2088 /* NET_IPQ_QMAX */,		"ip_queue_maxlen" },
 
 	/* NET_TCP_DEFAULT_WIN_SCALE unused */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
index 93b092c9a394..bca25179cdb9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ drop:
 	return true;
 }
 
+int sysctl_ip_early_demux __read_mostly = 1;
+
 static int ip_rcv_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	const struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
@@ -323,16 +325,18 @@ static int ip_rcv_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	 *	how the packet travels inside Linux networking.
 	 */
 	if (skb_dst(skb) == NULL) {
-		const struct net_protocol *ipprot;
-		int protocol = iph->protocol;
-		int err;
+		int err = -ENOENT;
 
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		ipprot = rcu_dereference(inet_protos[protocol]);
-		err = -ENOENT;
-		if (ipprot && ipprot->early_demux)
-			err = ipprot->early_demux(skb);
-		rcu_read_unlock();
+		if (sysctl_ip_early_demux) {
+			const struct net_protocol *ipprot;
+			int protocol = iph->protocol;
+
+			rcu_read_lock();
+			ipprot = rcu_dereference(inet_protos[protocol]);
+			if (ipprot && ipprot->early_demux)
+				err = ipprot->early_demux(skb);
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+		}
 
 		if (err) {
 			err = ip_route_input_noref(skb, iph->daddr, iph->saddr,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
index ef32956ed655..12aa0c5867c4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -300,6 +300,13 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_table[] = {
 		.mode		= 0644,
 		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
 	},
+	{
+		.procname	= "ip_early_demux",
+		.data		= &sysctl_ip_early_demux,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(int),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec
+	},
 	{
 		.procname	= "ip_dynaddr",
 		.data		= &sysctl_ip_dynaddr,