diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api-tx.h b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api-tx.h
index ba3f0bbddde8..dadcccd88255 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api-tx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/fw-api-tx.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * GPL LICENSE SUMMARY
  *
  * Copyright(c) 2012 - 2014 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright(c) 2016 Intel Deutschland GmbH
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as
@@ -193,11 +194,41 @@ enum iwl_tx_pm_timeouts {
 #define IWL_BAR_DFAULT_RETRY_LIMIT		60
 #define IWL_LOW_RETRY_LIMIT			7
 
+/**
+ * enum iwl_tx_offload_assist_flags_pos -  set %iwl_tx_cmd offload_assist values
+ * @TX_CMD_OFFLD_IP_HDR_OFFSET: offset to start of IP header (in words)
+ *	from mac header end. For normal case it is 4 words for SNAP.
+ *	note: tx_cmd, mac header and pad are not counted in the offset.
+ *	This is used to help the offload in case there is tunneling such as
+ *	IPv6 in IPv4, in such case the ip header offset should point to the
+ *	inner ip header and IPv4 checksum of the external header should be
+ *	calculated by driver.
+ * @TX_CMD_OFFLD_L4_EN: enable TCP/UDP checksum
+ * @TX_CMD_OFFLD_L3_EN: enable IP header checksum
+ * @TX_CMD_OFFLD_MH_SIZE: size of the mac header in words. Includes the IV
+ *	field. Doesn't include the pad.
+ * @TX_CMD_OFFLD_PAD: mark 2-byte pad was inserted after the mac header for
+ *	alignment
+ * @TX_CMD_OFFLD_AMSDU: mark TX command is A-MSDU
+ */
+enum iwl_tx_offload_assist_flags_pos {
+	TX_CMD_OFFLD_IP_HDR =		0,
+	TX_CMD_OFFLD_L4_EN =		6,
+	TX_CMD_OFFLD_L3_EN =		7,
+	TX_CMD_OFFLD_MH_SIZE =		8,
+	TX_CMD_OFFLD_PAD =		13,
+	TX_CMD_OFFLD_AMSDU =		14,
+};
+
+#define IWL_TX_CMD_OFFLD_MH_MASK	0x1f
+#define IWL_TX_CMD_OFFLD_IP_HDR_MASK	0x3f
+
 /* TODO: complete documentation for try_cnt and btkill_cnt */
 /**
  * struct iwl_tx_cmd - TX command struct to FW
  * ( TX_CMD = 0x1c )
  * @len: in bytes of the payload, see below for details
+ * @offload_assist: TX offload configuration
  * @tx_flags: combination of TX_CMD_FLG_*
  * @rate_n_flags: rate for *all* Tx attempts, if TX_CMD_FLG_STA_RATE_MSK is
  *	cleared. Combination of RATE_MCS_*
@@ -231,7 +262,7 @@ enum iwl_tx_pm_timeouts {
  */
 struct iwl_tx_cmd {
 	__le16 len;
-	__le16 next_frame_len;
+	__le16 offload_assist;
 	__le32 tx_flags;
 	struct {
 		u8 try_cnt;
@@ -255,7 +286,7 @@ struct iwl_tx_cmd {
 	__le16 reserved4;
 	u8 payload[0];
 	struct ieee80211_hdr hdr[0];
-} __packed; /* TX_CMD_API_S_VER_3 */
+} __packed; /* TX_CMD_API_S_VER_6 */
 
 /*
  * TX response related data
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
index 75870e68a7c3..138d64d2fc7a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/tx.c
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ void iwl_mvm_set_tx_cmd(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		u8 *qc = ieee80211_get_qos_ctl(hdr);
 		tx_cmd->tid_tspec = qc[0] & 0xf;
 		tx_flags &= ~TX_CMD_FLG_SEQ_CTL;
+		if (*qc & IEEE80211_QOS_CTL_A_MSDU_PRESENT)
+			tx_cmd->offload_assist |=
+				cpu_to_le16(BIT(TX_CMD_OFFLD_AMSDU));
 	} else if (ieee80211_is_back_req(fc)) {
 		struct ieee80211_bar *bar = (void *)skb->data;
 		u16 control = le16_to_cpu(bar->control);
@@ -186,9 +189,13 @@ void iwl_mvm_set_tx_cmd(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	/* Total # bytes to be transmitted */
 	tx_cmd->len = cpu_to_le16((u16)skb->len +
 		(uintptr_t)info->driver_data[0]);
-	tx_cmd->next_frame_len = 0;
 	tx_cmd->life_time = cpu_to_le32(TX_CMD_LIFE_TIME_INFINITE);
 	tx_cmd->sta_id = sta_id;
+
+	/* padding is inserted later in transport */
+	if (ieee80211_hdrlen(fc) % 4 &&
+	    !(tx_cmd->offload_assist & cpu_to_le16(BIT(TX_CMD_OFFLD_AMSDU))))
+		tx_cmd->offload_assist |= cpu_to_le16(BIT(TX_CMD_OFFLD_PAD));
 }
 
 /*