diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
index bd51435ed418..fd8d7cb1870a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ err:
 
 static const struct driver_info	qmi_wwan_info = {
 	.description	= "WWAN/QMI device",
-	.flags		= FLAG_WWAN | FLAG_SEND_ZLP,
+	.flags		= FLAG_WWAN | FLAG_NOMAXMTU | FLAG_SEND_ZLP,
 	.bind		= qmi_wwan_bind,
 	.unbind		= qmi_wwan_unbind,
 	.manage_power	= qmi_wwan_manage_power,
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ static const struct driver_info	qmi_wwan_info = {
 
 static const struct driver_info	qmi_wwan_info_quirk_dtr = {
 	.description	= "WWAN/QMI device",
-	.flags		= FLAG_WWAN | FLAG_SEND_ZLP,
+	.flags		= FLAG_WWAN | FLAG_NOMAXMTU | FLAG_SEND_ZLP,
 	.bind		= qmi_wwan_bind,
 	.unbind		= qmi_wwan_unbind,
 	.manage_power	= qmi_wwan_manage_power,
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index f4a05737abf7..30585ef53ae3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -1797,11 +1797,12 @@ usbnet_probe (struct usb_interface *udev, const struct usb_device_id *prod)
 		if ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_NOARP) != 0)
 			net->flags |= IFF_NOARP;
 
-		if (net->max_mtu > (dev->hard_mtu - net->hard_header_len))
+		if ((dev->driver_info->flags & FLAG_NOMAXMTU) == 0 &&
+		    net->max_mtu > (dev->hard_mtu - net->hard_header_len))
 			net->max_mtu = dev->hard_mtu - net->hard_header_len;
 
-		if (net->mtu > net->max_mtu)
-			net->mtu = net->max_mtu;
+		if (net->mtu > (dev->hard_mtu - net->hard_header_len))
+			net->mtu = dev->hard_mtu - net->hard_header_len;
 
 	} else if (!info->in || !info->out)
 		status = usbnet_get_endpoints (dev, udev);
diff --git a/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h b/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
index 4bc6bb01a0eb..b593473d8d32 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/usbnet.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ struct driver_info {
 #define FLAG_MULTI_PACKET	0x2000
 #define FLAG_RX_ASSEMBLE	0x4000	/* rx packets may span >1 frames */
 #define FLAG_NOARP		0x8000	/* device can't do ARP */
+#define FLAG_NOMAXMTU		0x10000	/* allow max_mtu above hard_mtu */
 
 	/* init device ... can sleep, or cause probe() failure */
 	int	(*bind)(struct usbnet *, struct usb_interface *);