diff --git a/net/core/net-procfs.c b/net/core/net-procfs.c
index 6bbd06f7dc7d..c714e6a9dad4 100644
--- a/net/core/net-procfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-procfs.c
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ static int dev_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static u32 softnet_backlog_len(struct softnet_data *sd)
+{
+	return skb_queue_len_lockless(&sd->input_pkt_queue) +
+	       skb_queue_len_lockless(&sd->process_queue);
+}
+
 static struct softnet_data *softnet_get_online(loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct softnet_data *sd = NULL;
@@ -159,12 +165,17 @@ static int softnet_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 #endif
 
+	/* the index is the CPU id owing this sd. Since offline CPUs are not
+	 * displayed, it would be othrwise not trivial for the user-space
+	 * mapping the data a specific CPU
+	 */
 	seq_printf(seq,
-		   "%08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x\n",
+		   "%08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x %08x\n",
 		   sd->processed, sd->dropped, sd->time_squeeze, 0,
 		   0, 0, 0, 0, /* was fastroute */
 		   0,	/* was cpu_collision */
-		   sd->received_rps, flow_limit_count);
+		   sd->received_rps, flow_limit_count,
+		   softnet_backlog_len(sd), (int)seq->index);
 	return 0;
 }