diff --git a/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c b/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
index c5f143165f80..c78ecfca1e45 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/flexcan.c
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@
 
 #define FLEXCAN_MB_CODE_MASK		(0xf0ffffff)
 
+/* FLEXCAN hardware feature flags */
+#define FLEXCAN_HAS_V10_FEATURES	BIT(1) /* For core version >= 10 */
+#define FLEXCAN_HAS_BROKEN_ERR_STATE	BIT(2) /* Broken error state handling */
+
 /* Structure of the message buffer */
 struct flexcan_mb {
 	u32 can_ctrl;
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ struct flexcan_regs {
 };
 
 struct flexcan_devtype_data {
-	u32 hw_ver;	/* hardware controller version */
+	u32 features;	/* hardware controller features */
 };
 
 struct flexcan_priv {
@@ -197,11 +201,11 @@ struct flexcan_priv {
 };
 
 static struct flexcan_devtype_data fsl_p1010_devtype_data = {
-	.hw_ver = 3,
+	.features = FLEXCAN_HAS_BROKEN_ERR_STATE,
 };
-
+static struct flexcan_devtype_data fsl_imx28_devtype_data;
 static struct flexcan_devtype_data fsl_imx6q_devtype_data = {
-	.hw_ver = 10,
+	.features = FLEXCAN_HAS_V10_FEATURES | FLEXCAN_HAS_BROKEN_ERR_STATE,
 };
 
 static const struct can_bittiming_const flexcan_bittiming_const = {
@@ -741,15 +745,19 @@ static int flexcan_chip_start(struct net_device *dev)
 	 * enable tx and rx warning interrupt
 	 * enable bus off interrupt
 	 * (== FLEXCAN_CTRL_ERR_STATE)
-	 *
-	 * _note_: we enable the "error interrupt"
-	 * (FLEXCAN_CTRL_ERR_MSK), too. Otherwise we don't get any
-	 * warning or bus passive interrupts.
 	 */
 	reg_ctrl = flexcan_read(&regs->ctrl);
 	reg_ctrl &= ~FLEXCAN_CTRL_TSYN;
 	reg_ctrl |= FLEXCAN_CTRL_BOFF_REC | FLEXCAN_CTRL_LBUF |
-		FLEXCAN_CTRL_ERR_STATE | FLEXCAN_CTRL_ERR_MSK;
+		FLEXCAN_CTRL_ERR_STATE;
+	/*
+	 * enable the "error interrupt" (FLEXCAN_CTRL_ERR_MSK),
+	 * on most Flexcan cores, too. Otherwise we don't get
+	 * any error warning or passive interrupts.
+	 */
+	if (priv->devtype_data->features & FLEXCAN_HAS_BROKEN_ERR_STATE ||
+	    priv->can.ctrlmode & CAN_CTRLMODE_BERR_REPORTING)
+		reg_ctrl |= FLEXCAN_CTRL_ERR_MSK;
 
 	/* save for later use */
 	priv->reg_ctrl_default = reg_ctrl;
@@ -772,7 +780,7 @@ static int flexcan_chip_start(struct net_device *dev)
 	flexcan_write(0x0, &regs->rx14mask);
 	flexcan_write(0x0, &regs->rx15mask);
 
-	if (priv->devtype_data->hw_ver >= 10)
+	if (priv->devtype_data->features & FLEXCAN_HAS_V10_FEATURES)
 		flexcan_write(0x0, &regs->rxfgmask);
 
 	flexcan_transceiver_switch(priv, 1);
@@ -954,6 +962,7 @@ static void __devexit unregister_flexcandev(struct net_device *dev)
 
 static const struct of_device_id flexcan_of_match[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "fsl,p1010-flexcan", .data = &fsl_p1010_devtype_data, },
+	{ .compatible = "fsl,imx28-flexcan", .data = &fsl_imx28_devtype_data, },
 	{ .compatible = "fsl,imx6q-flexcan", .data = &fsl_imx6q_devtype_data, },
 	{ /* sentinel */ },
 };