diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_sys.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_sys.c
index f2f94f59e0fa..2000ef190e94 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_sys.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_sys.c
@@ -895,9 +895,26 @@ static ssize_t qeth_l3_dev_rxip_add4_show(struct device *dev,
 static int qeth_l3_parse_rxipe(const char *buf, enum qeth_prot_versions proto,
 		 u8 *addr)
 {
+	__be32 ipv4_addr;
+	struct in6_addr ipv6_addr;
+
 	if (qeth_l3_string_to_ipaddr(buf, proto, addr)) {
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+	if (proto == QETH_PROT_IPV4) {
+		memcpy(&ipv4_addr, addr, sizeof(ipv4_addr));
+		if (ipv4_is_multicast(ipv4_addr)) {
+			QETH_DBF_MESSAGE(2, "multicast rxip not supported.\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	} else if (proto == QETH_PROT_IPV6) {
+		memcpy(&ipv6_addr, addr, sizeof(ipv6_addr));
+		if (ipv6_addr_is_multicast(&ipv6_addr)) {
+			QETH_DBF_MESSAGE(2, "multicast rxip not supported.\n");
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }