diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index c9e0038..d35a097 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c

@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ struct virtnet_info {
 	/* Has control virtqueue */
 	bool has_cvq;

+	/* Host can handle any s/g split between our header and packet data */
+	bool any_header_sg;
+
 	/* enable config space updates */
 	bool config_enable;

@@ -668,12 +671,28 @@ static void free_old_xmit_skbs(struct send_queue *sq)

 static int xmit_skb(struct send_queue *sq, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct skb_vnet_hdr *hdr = skb_vnet_hdr(skb);
+	struct skb_vnet_hdr *hdr;
 	const unsigned char *dest = ((struct ethhdr *)skb->data)->h_dest;
 	struct virtnet_info *vi = sq->vq->vdev->priv;
 	unsigned num_sg;
+	unsigned hdr_len;
+	bool can_push;

 	pr_debug("%s: xmit %p %pM\n", vi->dev->name, skb, dest);
+	if (vi->mergeable_rx_bufs)
+		hdr_len = sizeof hdr->mhdr;
+	else
+		hdr_len = sizeof hdr->hdr;

 	if (skb->ip_summed == CHECKSUM_PARTIAL) {
 		hdr->hdr.flags = VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM;

@@ -702,15 +721,18 @@ static int xmit_skb(struct send_queue *sq, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		hdr->hdr.gso_size = hdr->hdr.hdr_len = 0;
 	}

-	hdr->mhdr.num_buffers = 0;
-
-	/* Encode metadata header at front. */
 	if (vi->mergeable_rx_bufs)
-		sg_set_buf(sq->sg, &hdr->mhdr, sizeof hdr->mhdr);
-	else
-		sg_set_buf(sq->sg, &hdr->hdr, sizeof hdr->hdr);
+		hdr->mhdr.num_buffers = 0;

-	num_sg = skb_to_sgvec(skb, sq->sg + 1, 0, skb->len) + 1;
+	if (can_push) {
+		__skb_push(skb, hdr_len);
+		num_sg = skb_to_sgvec(skb, sq->sg, 0, skb->len);
+		/* Pull header back to avoid skew in tx bytes calculations. */
+		__skb_pull(skb, hdr_len);
+	} else {
+		sg_set_buf(sq->sg, hdr, hdr_len);
+		num_sg = skb_to_sgvec(skb, sq->sg + 1, 0, skb->len) + 1;
+	}
 	return virtqueue_add_outbuf(sq->vq, sq->sg, num_sg, skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }

@@ -1554,6 +1576,9 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MRG_RXBUF))
 		vi->mergeable_rx_bufs = true;

@@ -1729,6 +1754,7 @@ static unsigned int features[] = {
 	VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_RX, VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VLAN,
 	VIRTIO_NET_F_GUEST_ANNOUNCE, VIRTIO_NET_F_MQ,
 	VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR,
+	VIRTIO_NET_F_ANY_HEADER_SG,
 };

 static struct virtio_driver virtio_net_driver = {

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h
index c520203..9c98b7d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_net.h

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
 					 * Steering */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_MAC_ADDR 23	/* Set MAC address */

+#define VIRTIO_NET_F_ANY_HEADER_SG 25	/* Host can handle any header s/g */
+
 #define VIRTIO_NET_S_LINK_UP	1	/* Link is up */
 #define VIRTIO_NET_S_ANNOUNCE	2	/* Announcement is needed */

@@ -70,7 +72,9 @@ struct virtio_net_config {
 	__u16 max_virtqueue_pairs;
 } __attribute__((packed));

-/* This is the first element of the scatter-gather list.  If you don't
+/* This header comes first in the scatter-gather list.
+ * If VIRTIO_NET_F_ANY_HEADER_SG is not negotiated, it must
+ * be the first element of the scatter-gather list.  If you don't
  * specify GSO or CSUM features, you can simply ignore the header. */
 struct virtio_net_hdr {
 #define VIRTIO_NET_HDR_F_NEEDS_CSUM	1	// Use csum_start, csum_offset