With 4.8.0-53 in -proposed, e1000e works without any problem.
$ uname -a Linux cola 4.8.0-53-generic #56-Ubuntu SMP Tue May 16 00:23:44 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ ifconfig eth1 ... UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9000 Metric:1 ...
With 4.8.0-53 in -proposed, e1000e works without any problem.
$ uname -a
Linux cola 4.8.0-53-generic #56-Ubuntu SMP Tue May 16 00:23:44 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ ifconfig eth1
...
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:9000 Metric:1
...