diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index f45929ce8157..da4b33bea982 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -4145,6 +4145,13 @@ static inline void netif_keep_dst(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->priv_flags &= ~(IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE | IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE_PERM);
 }
 
+/* return true if dev can't cope with mtu frames that need vlan tag insertion */
+static inline bool netif_reduces_vlan_mtu(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	/* TODO: reserve and use an additional IFF bit, if we get more users */
+	return dev->priv_flags & IFF_MACSEC;
+}
+
 extern struct pernet_operations __net_initdata loopback_net_ops;
 
 /* Logging, debugging and troubleshooting/diagnostic helpers. */
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
index 86ae75b77390..516b0e73263c 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
@@ -146,10 +146,12 @@ static netdev_tx_t vlan_dev_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 static int vlan_dev_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 {
-	/* TODO: gotta make sure the underlying layer can handle it,
-	 * maybe an IFF_VLAN_CAPABLE flag for devices?
-	 */
-	if (vlan_dev_priv(dev)->real_dev->mtu < new_mtu)
+	struct net_device *real_dev = vlan_dev_priv(dev)->real_dev;
+	unsigned int max_mtu = real_dev->mtu;
+
+	if (netif_reduces_vlan_mtu(real_dev))
+		max_mtu -= VLAN_HLEN;
+	if (max_mtu < new_mtu)
 		return -ERANGE;
 
 	dev->mtu = new_mtu;
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c b/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c
index c92b52f37d38..1270207f3d7c 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ static int vlan_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct vlan_dev_priv *vlan = vlan_dev_priv(dev);
 	struct net_device *real_dev;
+	unsigned int max_mtu;
 	__be16 proto;
 	int err;
 
@@ -144,9 +145,11 @@ static int vlan_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
+	max_mtu = netif_reduces_vlan_mtu(real_dev) ? real_dev->mtu - VLAN_HLEN :
+						     real_dev->mtu;
 	if (!tb[IFLA_MTU])
-		dev->mtu = real_dev->mtu;
-	else if (dev->mtu > real_dev->mtu)
+		dev->mtu = max_mtu;
+	else if (dev->mtu > max_mtu)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	err = vlan_changelink(dev, tb, data);