diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index aadd384316a3..e79936b50698 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -1376,6 +1376,7 @@ qeth_l3_add_mc_to_hash(struct qeth_card *card, struct in_device *in4_dev)
 
 		tmp->u.a4.addr = be32_to_cpu(im4->multiaddr);
 		memcpy(tmp->mac, buf, sizeof(tmp->mac));
+		tmp->is_multicast = 1;
 
 		ipm = qeth_l3_ip_from_hash(card, tmp);
 		if (ipm) {