1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 0dde6dade2b1..06fa217f58a9 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -900,6 +900,13 @@ static long sock_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			break;
 		default:
 			err = sock->ops->ioctl(sock, cmd, arg);
+
+			/*
+			 * If this ioctl is unknown try to hand it down
+			 * to the NIC driver.
+			 */
+			if (err == -ENOIOCTLCMD)
+				err = dev_ioctl(cmd, argp);
 			break;
 	}
 	return err;