diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h
index ac38f0b674b8..06bbfefa2141 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_bridge.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ enum {
 #define BRIDGE_VLAN_INFO_RANGE_BEGIN	(1<<3) /* VLAN is start of vlan range */
 #define BRIDGE_VLAN_INFO_RANGE_END	(1<<4) /* VLAN is end of vlan range */
 #define BRIDGE_VLAN_INFO_BRENTRY	(1<<5) /* Global bridge VLAN entry */
+#define BRIDGE_VLAN_INFO_ONLY_OPTS	(1<<6) /* skip create/delete */
 
 struct bridge_vlan_info {
 	__u16 flags;
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
index 403df71d2cfa..8ca8a9258510 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -1197,6 +1197,13 @@ bool br_vlan_opts_eq(const struct net_bridge_vlan *v1,
 		     const struct net_bridge_vlan *v2);
 bool br_vlan_opts_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_bridge_vlan *v);
 size_t br_vlan_opts_nl_size(void);
+int br_vlan_process_options(const struct net_bridge *br,
+			    const struct net_bridge_port *p,
+			    struct net_bridge_vlan *range_start,
+			    struct net_bridge_vlan *range_end,
+			    struct nlattr **tb,
+			    bool *changed,
+			    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 #endif
 
 struct nf_br_ops {
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
index 75ec3da92b0b..468d1a861c66 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
@@ -1824,11 +1824,11 @@ static int br_vlan_rtm_process_one(struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct bridge_vlan_info *vinfo, vrange_end, *vinfo_last = NULL;
 	struct nlattr *tb[BRIDGE_VLANDB_ENTRY_MAX + 1];
+	bool changed = false, skip_processing = false;
 	struct net_bridge_vlan_group *vg;
 	struct net_bridge_port *p = NULL;
 	int err = 0, cmdmap = 0;
 	struct net_bridge *br;
-	bool changed = false;
 
 	if (netif_is_bridge_master(dev)) {
 		br = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -1882,14 +1882,40 @@ static int br_vlan_rtm_process_one(struct net_device *dev,
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case RTM_NEWVLAN:
 		cmdmap = RTM_SETLINK;
+		skip_processing = !!(vinfo->flags & BRIDGE_VLAN_INFO_ONLY_OPTS);
 		break;
 	case RTM_DELVLAN:
 		cmdmap = RTM_DELLINK;
 		break;
 	}
 
-	err = br_process_vlan_info(br, p, cmdmap, vinfo, &vinfo_last, &changed,
-				   extack);
+	if (!skip_processing) {
+		struct bridge_vlan_info *tmp_last = vinfo_last;
+
+		/* br_process_vlan_info may overwrite vinfo_last */
+		err = br_process_vlan_info(br, p, cmdmap, vinfo, &tmp_last,
+					   &changed, extack);
+		if (err)
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* deal with options */
+	if (cmd == RTM_NEWVLAN) {
+		struct net_bridge_vlan *range_start, *range_end;
+
+		if (vinfo_last) {
+			range_start = br_vlan_find(vg, vinfo_last->vid);
+			range_end = br_vlan_find(vg, vinfo->vid);
+		} else {
+			range_start = br_vlan_find(vg, vinfo->vid);
+			range_end = range_start;
+		}
+
+		err = br_vlan_process_options(br, p, range_start, range_end,
+					      tb, &changed, extack);
+	}
+
+out:
 	if (changed)
 		br_ifinfo_notify(cmdmap, br, p);
 
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_vlan_options.c b/net/bridge/br_vlan_options.c
index 55fcdc9c380c..1c76a1ba9a8c 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_vlan_options.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_vlan_options.c
@@ -23,3 +23,71 @@ size_t br_vlan_opts_nl_size(void)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static int br_vlan_process_one_opts(const struct net_bridge *br,
+				    const struct net_bridge_port *p,
+				    struct net_bridge_vlan *v,
+				    struct nlattr **tb,
+				    bool *changed,
+				    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int br_vlan_process_options(const struct net_bridge *br,
+			    const struct net_bridge_port *p,
+			    struct net_bridge_vlan *range_start,
+			    struct net_bridge_vlan *range_end,
+			    struct nlattr **tb,
+			    bool *changed,
+			    struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	int vid, err = 0, v_change_start = 0;
+	struct net_bridge_vlan_group *vg;
+	struct net_bridge_vlan *v;
+
+	if (p)
+		vg = nbp_vlan_group(p);
+	else
+		vg = br_vlan_group(br);
+
+	/* we require at least range_start to process options */
+	if (!range_start || !range_end) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Vlan doesn't exist, can't process options");
+		return -ENOENT;
+	}
+
+	for (vid = range_start->vid; vid <= range_end->vid; vid++) {
+		bool curr_change = false;
+
+		v = br_vlan_find(vg, vid);
+		if (!v) {
+			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Vlan doesn't exist, can't process options");
+			err = -ENOENT;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		err = br_vlan_process_one_opts(br, p, v, tb, &curr_change,
+					       extack);
+		if (err)
+			break;
+
+		if (curr_change) {
+			*changed = curr_change;
+			if (!v_change_start)
+				v_change_start = vid;
+		} else {
+			/* nothing to notify yet */
+			if (!v_change_start)
+				continue;
+			br_vlan_notify(br, p, v_change_start, vid - 1,
+				       RTM_NEWVLAN);
+			v_change_start = 0;
+		}
+	}
+	/* v_change_start is set only if the last/whole range changed */
+	if (v_change_start)
+		br_vlan_notify(br, p, v_change_start, vid - 1, RTM_NEWVLAN);
+
+	return err;
+}
