DECLARE_BITMAP(wanted_diff_mask, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT);
        DECLARE_BITMAP(active_diff_mask, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT);
        DECLARE_BITMAP(old_active, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT);
+       DECLARE_BITMAP(old_wanted, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT);
        DECLARE_BITMAP(new_active, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT);
+       DECLARE_BITMAP(new_wanted, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT);
        DECLARE_BITMAP(req_wanted, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT);
        DECLARE_BITMAP(req_mask, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT);
        struct nlattr *tb[ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_MAX + 1];
 
        rtnl_lock();
        ethnl_features_to_bitmap(old_active, dev->features);
+       ethnl_features_to_bitmap(old_wanted, dev->wanted_features);
        ret = ethnl_parse_bitset(req_wanted, req_mask, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT,
                                 tb[ETHTOOL_A_FEATURES_WANTED],
                                 netdev_features_strings, info->extack);
                goto out_rtnl;
        }
 
-       /* set req_wanted bits not in req_mask from old_active */
+       /* set req_wanted bits not in req_mask from old_wanted */
        bitmap_and(req_wanted, req_wanted, req_mask, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT);
-       bitmap_andnot(new_active, old_active, req_mask, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT);
-       bitmap_or(req_wanted, new_active, req_wanted, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT);
-       if (bitmap_equal(req_wanted, old_active, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT)) {
+       bitmap_andnot(new_wanted, old_wanted, req_mask, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT);
+       bitmap_or(req_wanted, new_wanted, req_wanted, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT);
+       if (bitmap_equal(req_wanted, old_wanted, NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT)) {
                ret = 0;
                goto out_rtnl;
        }