diff --git a/Documentation/networking/net_failover.rst b/Documentation/networking/net_failover.rst
index d4513ad31809..70ca2f5800c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/net_failover.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/net_failover.rst
@@ -24,3 +24,93 @@ This can be used by paravirtual drivers to enable an alternate low latency
 datapath. It also enables hypervisor controlled live migration of a VM with
 direct attached VF by failing over to the paravirtual datapath when the VF
 is unplugged.
+
+virtio-net accelerated datapath: STANDBY mode
+=============================================
+
+net_failover enables hypervisor controlled accelerated datapath to virtio-net
+enabled VMs in a transparent manner with no/minimal guest userspace chanages.
+
+To support this, the hypervisor needs to enable VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY
+feature on the virtio-net interface and assign the same MAC address to both
+virtio-net and VF interfaces.
+
+Here is an example XML snippet that shows such configuration.
+
+ <interface type='network'>
+   <mac address='52:54:00:00:12:53'/>
+   <source network='enp66s0f0_br'/>
+   <target dev='tap01'/>
+   <model type='virtio'/>
+   <driver name='vhost' queues='4'/>
+   <link state='down'/>
+   <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x0a' function='0x0'/>
+ </interface>
+ <interface type='hostdev' managed='yes'>
+   <mac address='52:54:00:00:12:53'/>
+   <source>
+     <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x42' slot='0x02' function='0x5'/>
+   </source>
+   <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x0b' function='0x0'/>
+ </interface>
+
+Booting a VM with the above configuration will result in the following 3
+netdevs created in the VM.
+
+4: ens10: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
+    link/ether 52:54:00:00:12:53 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
+    inet 192.168.12.53/24 brd 192.168.12.255 scope global dynamic ens10
+       valid_lft 42482sec preferred_lft 42482sec
+    inet6 fe80::97d8:db2:8c10:b6d6/64 scope link
+       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
+5: ens10nsby: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel master ens10 state UP group default qlen 1000
+    link/ether 52:54:00:00:12:53 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
+7: ens11: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq master ens10 state UP group default qlen 1000
+    link/ether 52:54:00:00:12:53 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
+
+ens10 is the 'failover' master netdev, ens10nsby and ens11 are the slave
+'standby' and 'primary' netdevs respectively.
+
+Live Migration of a VM with SR-IOV VF & virtio-net in STANDBY mode
+==================================================================
+
+net_failover also enables hypervisor controlled live migration to be supported
+with VMs that have direct attached SR-IOV VF devices by automatic failover to
+the paravirtual datapath when the VF is unplugged.
+
+Here is a sample script that shows the steps to initiate live migration on
+the source hypervisor.
+
+# cat vf_xml
+<interface type='hostdev' managed='yes'>
+  <mac address='52:54:00:00:12:53'/>
+  <source>
+    <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x42' slot='0x02' function='0x5'/>
+  </source>
+  <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x0b' function='0x0'/>
+</interface>
+
+# Source Hypervisor
+#!/bin/bash
+
+DOMAIN=fedora27-tap01
+PF=enp66s0f0
+VF_NUM=5
+TAP_IF=tap01
+VF_XML=
+
+MAC=52:54:00:00:12:53
+ZERO_MAC=00:00:00:00:00:00
+
+virsh domif-setlink $DOMAIN $TAP_IF up
+bridge fdb del $MAC dev $PF master
+virsh detach-device $DOMAIN $VF_XML
+ip link set $PF vf $VF_NUM mac $ZERO_MAC
+
+virsh migrate --live $DOMAIN qemu+ssh://$REMOTE_HOST/system
+
+# Destination Hypervisor
+#!/bin/bash
+
+virsh attach-device $DOMAIN $VF_XML
+virsh domif-setlink $DOMAIN $TAP_IF down
diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index 2cdaff90a9ec..d03775100f7d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ config VETH
 config VIRTIO_NET
 	tristate "Virtio network driver"
 	depends on VIRTIO
+	select NET_FAILOVER
 	---help---
 	  This is the virtual network driver for virtio.  It can be used with
 	  QEMU based VMMs (like KVM or Xen).  Say Y or M.
diff --git a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
index 213fddc70fd0..370828c3d114 100644
--- a/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
+++ b/drivers/net/virtio_net.c
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/average.h>
 #include <linux/filter.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <net/route.h>
 #include <net/xdp.h>
+#include <net/net_failover.h>
 
 static int napi_weight = NAPI_POLL_WEIGHT;
 module_param(napi_weight, int, 0444);
@@ -210,6 +213,9 @@ struct virtnet_info {
 	u32 speed;
 
 	unsigned long guest_offloads;
+
+	/* failover when STANDBY feature enabled */
+	struct failover *failover;
 };
 
 struct padded_vnet_hdr {
@@ -1523,6 +1529,9 @@ static int virtnet_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
 	struct sockaddr *addr;
 	struct scatterlist sg;
 
+	if (virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	addr = kmemdup(p, sizeof(*addr), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!addr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -2306,6 +2315,22 @@ static int virtnet_xdp(struct net_device *dev, struct netdev_bpf *xdp)
 	}
 }
 
+static int virtnet_get_phys_port_name(struct net_device *dev, char *buf,
+				      size_t len)
+{
+	struct virtnet_info *vi = netdev_priv(dev);
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!virtio_has_feature(vi->vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY))
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	ret = snprintf(buf, len, "sby");
+	if (ret >= len)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static const struct net_device_ops virtnet_netdev = {
 	.ndo_open            = virtnet_open,
 	.ndo_stop   	     = virtnet_close,
@@ -2323,6 +2348,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops virtnet_netdev = {
 	.ndo_xdp_xmit		= virtnet_xdp_xmit,
 	.ndo_xdp_flush		= virtnet_xdp_flush,
 	.ndo_features_check	= passthru_features_check,
+	.ndo_get_phys_port_name	= virtnet_get_phys_port_name,
 };
 
 static void virtnet_config_changed_work(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -2876,10 +2902,16 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 
 	virtnet_init_settings(dev);
 
+	if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_STANDBY)) {
+		vi->failover = net_failover_create(vi->dev);
+		if (IS_ERR(vi->failover))
+			goto free_vqs;
+	}
+
 	err = register_netdev(dev);
 	if (err) {
 		pr_debug("virtio_net: registering device failed\n");
-		goto free_vqs;
+		goto free_failover;
 	}
 
 	virtio_device_ready(vdev);
@@ -2916,6 +2948,8 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	vi->vdev->config->reset(vdev);
 
 	unregister_netdev(dev);
+free_failover:
+	net_failover_destroy(vi->failover);
 free_vqs:
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&vi->refill);
 	free_receive_page_frags(vi);
@@ -2950,6 +2984,8 @@ static void virtnet_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 
 	unregister_netdev(vi->dev);
 
+	net_failover_destroy(vi->failover);
+
 	remove_vq_common(vi);
 
 	free_netdev(vi->dev);
