diff --git a/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt b/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt
index 6199ee6a040b..747faccc4120 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/pktgen.txt
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ Examples:
  pgset "rate 300M"        set rate to 300 Mb/s
  pgset "ratep 1000000"    set rate to 1Mpps
 
+ pgset "xmit_mode netif_receive"  RX inject into stack netif_receive_skb()
+				  Works with "burst" but not with "clone_skb".
+				  Default xmit_mode is "start_xmit".
+
 Sample scripts
 ==============
 
@@ -310,6 +314,9 @@ flowlen
 rate
 ratep
 
+xmit_mode <start_xmit|netif_receive>
+
+
 References:
 ftp://robur.slu.se/pub/Linux/net-development/pktgen-testing/
 ftp://robur.slu.se/pub/Linux/net-development/pktgen-testing/examples/
diff --git a/net/core/pktgen.c b/net/core/pktgen.c
index 43bb21507373..8f2687da058e 100644
--- a/net/core/pktgen.c
+++ b/net/core/pktgen.c
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@
 #define T_REMDEVALL   (1<<2)	/* Remove all devs */
 #define T_REMDEV      (1<<3)	/* Remove one dev */
 
+/* Xmit modes */
+#define M_START_XMIT		0	/* Default normal TX */
+#define M_NETIF_RECEIVE 	1	/* Inject packets into stack */
+
 /* If lock -- protects updating of if_list */
 #define   if_lock(t)           spin_lock(&(t->if_lock));
 #define   if_unlock(t)           spin_unlock(&(t->if_lock));
@@ -251,13 +255,14 @@ struct pktgen_dev {
 	 * we will do a random selection from within the range.
 	 */
 	__u32 flags;
-	int removal_mark;	/* non-zero => the device is marked for
-				 * removal by worker thread */
-
+	int xmit_mode;
 	int min_pkt_size;
 	int max_pkt_size;
 	int pkt_overhead;	/* overhead for MPLS, VLANs, IPSEC etc */
 	int nfrags;
+	int removal_mark;	/* non-zero => the device is marked for
+				 * removal by worker thread */
+
 	struct page *page;
 	u64 delay;		/* nano-seconds */
 
@@ -620,6 +625,9 @@ static int pktgen_if_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 	if (pkt_dev->node >= 0)
 		seq_printf(seq, "     node: %d\n", pkt_dev->node);
 
+	if (pkt_dev->xmit_mode == M_NETIF_RECEIVE)
+		seq_puts(seq, "     xmit_mode: netif_receive\n");
+
 	seq_puts(seq, "     Flags: ");
 
 	if (pkt_dev->flags & F_IPV6)
@@ -1081,7 +1089,8 @@ static ssize_t pktgen_if_write(struct file *file,
 		if (len < 0)
 			return len;
 		if ((value > 0) &&
-		    (!(pkt_dev->odev->priv_flags & IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING)))
+		    ((pkt_dev->xmit_mode == M_NETIF_RECEIVE) ||
+		     !(pkt_dev->odev->priv_flags & IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING)))
 			return -ENOTSUPP;
 		i += len;
 		pkt_dev->clone_skb = value;
@@ -1134,7 +1143,7 @@ static ssize_t pktgen_if_write(struct file *file,
 			return len;
 
 		i += len;
-		if ((value > 1) &&
+		if ((value > 1) && (pkt_dev->xmit_mode == M_START_XMIT) &&
 		    (!(pkt_dev->odev->priv_flags & IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING)))
 			return -ENOTSUPP;
 		pkt_dev->burst = value < 1 ? 1 : value;
@@ -1160,6 +1169,35 @@ static ssize_t pktgen_if_write(struct file *file,
 			sprintf(pg_result, "ERROR: node not possible");
 		return count;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(name, "xmit_mode")) {
+		char f[32];
+
+		memset(f, 0, 32);
+		len = strn_len(&user_buffer[i], sizeof(f) - 1);
+		if (len < 0)
+			return len;
+
+		if (copy_from_user(f, &user_buffer[i], len))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		i += len;
+
+		if (strcmp(f, "start_xmit") == 0) {
+			pkt_dev->xmit_mode = M_START_XMIT;
+		} else if (strcmp(f, "netif_receive") == 0) {
+			/* clone_skb set earlier, not supported in this mode */
+			if (pkt_dev->clone_skb > 0)
+				return -ENOTSUPP;
+
+			pkt_dev->xmit_mode = M_NETIF_RECEIVE;
+		} else {
+			sprintf(pg_result,
+				"xmit_mode -:%s:- unknown\nAvailable modes: %s",
+				f, "start_xmit, netif_receive\n");
+			return count;
+		}
+		sprintf(pg_result, "OK: xmit_mode=%s", f);
+		return count;
+	}
 	if (!strcmp(name, "flag")) {
 		char f[32];
 		memset(f, 0, 32);
@@ -3320,6 +3358,7 @@ static void pktgen_xmit(struct pktgen_dev *pkt_dev)
 	unsigned int burst = ACCESS_ONCE(pkt_dev->burst);
 	struct net_device *odev = pkt_dev->odev;
 	struct netdev_queue *txq;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int ret;
 
 	/* If device is offline, then don't send */
@@ -3357,6 +3396,38 @@ static void pktgen_xmit(struct pktgen_dev *pkt_dev)
 	if (pkt_dev->delay && pkt_dev->last_ok)
 		spin(pkt_dev, pkt_dev->next_tx);
 
+	if (pkt_dev->xmit_mode == M_NETIF_RECEIVE) {
+		skb = pkt_dev->skb;
+		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, skb->dev);
+		atomic_add(burst, &skb->users);
+		local_bh_disable();
+		do {
+			ret = netif_receive_skb(skb);
+			if (ret == NET_RX_DROP)
+				pkt_dev->errors++;
+			pkt_dev->sofar++;
+			pkt_dev->seq_num++;
+			if (atomic_read(&skb->users) != burst) {
+				/* skb was queued by rps/rfs or taps,
+				 * so cannot reuse this skb
+				 */
+				atomic_sub(burst - 1, &skb->users);
+				/* get out of the loop and wait
+				 * until skb is consumed
+				 */
+				pkt_dev->last_ok = 1;
+				break;
+			}
+			/* skb was 'freed' by stack, so clean few
+			 * bits and reuse it
+			 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
+			skb->tc_verd = 0; /* reset reclass/redir ttl */
+#endif
+		} while (--burst > 0);
+		goto out; /* Skips xmit_mode M_START_XMIT */
+	}
+
 	txq = skb_get_tx_queue(odev, pkt_dev->skb);
 
 	local_bh_disable();
@@ -3404,6 +3475,7 @@ xmit_more:
 unlock:
 	HARD_TX_UNLOCK(odev, txq);
 
+out:
 	local_bh_enable();
 
 	/* If pkt_dev->count is zero, then run forever */