#define IEEE802154_HW_PROMISCUOUS      0x00000200
 /* Indicates that receiver omits FCS. */
 #define IEEE802154_HW_RX_OMIT_CKSUM    0x00000400
+/* Indicates that receiver will not filter frames with bad checksum. */
+#define IEEE802154_HW_RX_DROP_BAD_CKSUM        0x00000800
 
 /* Indicates that receiver omits FCS and xmitter will add FCS on it's own. */
 #define IEEE802154_HW_OMIT_CKSUM       (IEEE802154_HW_TX_OMIT_CKSUM | \
 
 void ieee802154_rx(struct ieee802154_hw *hw, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
        struct ieee802154_local *local = hw_to_local(hw);
+       u16 crc;
 
        WARN_ON_ONCE(softirq_count() == 0);
 
         * solution because the monitor needs a crc here.
         */
        if (local->hw.flags & IEEE802154_HW_RX_OMIT_CKSUM) {
-               u16 crc = crc_ccitt(0, skb->data, skb->len);
-
+               crc = crc_ccitt(0, skb->data, skb->len);
                put_unaligned_le16(crc, skb_put(skb, 2));
        }
 
 
        ieee802154_monitors_rx(local, skb);
 
+       /* Check if transceiver doesn't validate the checksum.
+        * If not we validate the checksum here.
+        */
+       if (local->hw.flags & IEEE802154_HW_RX_DROP_BAD_CKSUM) {
+               crc = crc_ccitt(0, skb->data, skb->len);
+               if (crc) {
+                       rcu_read_unlock();
+                       kfree_skb(skb);
+                       return;
+               }
+       }
        /* remove crc */
        skb_trim(skb, skb->len - 2);