diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 3aa7b7d6e6c7..f0f576ff5603 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ struct sock {
 	struct page_frag	sk_frag;
 	netdev_features_t	sk_route_caps;
 	netdev_features_t	sk_route_nocaps;
+	netdev_features_t	sk_route_forced_caps;
 	int			sk_gso_type;
 	unsigned int		sk_gso_max_size;
 	gfp_t			sk_allocation;
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index a1fa4a548f1b..507d8c6c4319 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1777,7 +1777,7 @@ void sk_setup_caps(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst)
 	u32 max_segs = 1;
 
 	sk_dst_set(sk, dst);
-	sk->sk_route_caps = dst->dev->features;
+	sk->sk_route_caps = dst->dev->features | sk->sk_route_forced_caps;
 	if (sk->sk_route_caps & NETIF_F_GSO)
 		sk->sk_route_caps |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
 	sk->sk_route_caps &= ~sk->sk_route_nocaps;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 48636aee23c3..4b46a2ae46e3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ void tcp_init_sock(struct sock *sk)
 	sk->sk_rcvbuf = sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_rmem[1];
 
 	sk_sockets_allocated_inc(sk);
+	sk->sk_route_forced_caps = NETIF_F_GSO;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_init_sock);