diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
index 90a740d77e5d..f2245ac75034 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ static int ixgbe_set_flags(struct net_device *netdev, u32 data)
 	need_reset = (data & ETH_FLAG_RXVLAN) !=
 		     (netdev->features & NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_RX);
 
-	rc = ethtool_op_set_flags(netdev, data, ETH_FLAG_LRO |
+	rc = ethtool_op_set_flags(netdev, data, ETH_FLAG_LRO | ETH_FLAG_NTUPLE |
 					ETH_FLAG_RXVLAN | ETH_FLAG_TXVLAN);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;