diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index f0493e3b7471..5bbaf74bf457 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1611,8 +1611,14 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 		modified = 1;
 	}
 
-	if (tb[IFLA_TXQLEN])
-		dev->tx_queue_len = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]);
+	if (tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]) {
+		unsigned long value = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]);
+
+		if (dev->tx_queue_len ^ value)
+			modified = 1;
+
+		dev->tx_queue_len = value;
+	}
 
 	if (tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE])
 		set_operstate(dev, nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE]));