diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
index 7eab01975ed1..5bfaecdd2354 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -276,14 +276,44 @@ static void macvtap_del_queues(struct net_device *dev)
  */
 static int macvtap_forward(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct macvtap_queue *q = macvtap_get_queue(dev, skb);
+	netdev_features_t features;
 	if (!q)
 		goto drop;
 
 	if (skb_queue_len(&q->sk.sk_receive_queue) >= dev->tx_queue_len)
 		goto drop;
 
-	skb_queue_tail(&q->sk.sk_receive_queue, skb);
+	skb->dev = dev;
+	/* Apply the forward feature mask so that we perform segmentation
+	 * according to users wishes.
+	 */
+	features = netif_skb_features(skb) & vlan->tap_features;
+	if (netif_needs_gso(skb, features)) {
+		struct sk_buff *segs = __skb_gso_segment(skb, features, false);
+
+		if (IS_ERR(segs))
+			goto drop;
+
+		if (!segs) {
+			skb_queue_tail(&q->sk.sk_receive_queue, skb);
+			goto wake_up;
+		}
+
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		while (segs) {
+			struct sk_buff *nskb = segs->next;
+
+			segs->next = NULL;
+			skb_queue_tail(&q->sk.sk_receive_queue, segs);
+			segs = nskb;
+		}
+	} else {
+		skb_queue_tail(&q->sk.sk_receive_queue, skb);
+	}
+
+wake_up:
 	wake_up_interruptible_poll(sk_sleep(&q->sk), POLLIN | POLLRDNORM | POLLRDBAND);
 	return NET_RX_SUCCESS;