diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 82f5a9aba5780be69a5d7483d7f49b84e32dccd7..9e09dd897b749d957d8843f36920d1d99610cf06 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -4108,6 +4108,12 @@ const char *netdev_drivername(const struct net_device *dev);
 
 void linkwatch_run_queue(void);
 
+static inline void netdev_features_size_check(void)
+{
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(netdev_features_t) * BITS_PER_BYTE <
+		     NETDEV_FEATURE_COUNT);
+}
+
 static inline netdev_features_t netdev_intersect_features(netdev_features_t f1,
 							  netdev_features_t f2)
 {
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 25ceecfdd8fe11afacb9c735471c6aa45ad47e0d..e01c21a88cae04112a915684ddd3925791bc3161 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -7879,6 +7879,7 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 	int ret;
 	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
 
+	netdev_features_size_check();
 	BUG_ON(dev_boot_phase);
 	ASSERT_RTNL();