diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index b3374402c1ea..69fdd427c8cb 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2106,6 +2106,7 @@ struct pcpu_sw_netstats {
 #define NETDEV_PRECHANGEMTU	0x0017 /* notify before mtu change happened */
 #define NETDEV_CHANGEINFODATA	0x0018
 #define NETDEV_BONDING_INFO	0x0019
+#define NETDEV_PRECHANGEUPPER	0x001A
 
 int register_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 int unregister_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index a229bf0d649d..1225b4be8ed6 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5346,6 +5346,12 @@ static int __netdev_upper_dev_link(struct net_device *dev,
 	changeupper_info.master = master;
 	changeupper_info.linking = true;
 
+	ret = call_netdevice_notifiers_info(NETDEV_PRECHANGEUPPER, dev,
+					    &changeupper_info.info);
+	ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	ret = __netdev_adjacent_dev_link_neighbour(dev, upper_dev, private,
 						   master);
 	if (ret)
@@ -5488,6 +5494,9 @@ void netdev_upper_dev_unlink(struct net_device *dev,
 	changeupper_info.master = netdev_master_upper_dev_get(dev) == upper_dev;
 	changeupper_info.linking = false;
 
+	call_netdevice_notifiers_info(NETDEV_PRECHANGEUPPER, dev,
+				      &changeupper_info.info);
+
 	__netdev_adjacent_dev_unlink_neighbour(dev, upper_dev);
 
 	/* Here is the tricky part. We must remove all dev's lower