1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 3d0bf664ea35..8b5c61917076 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -1102,6 +1102,10 @@ static int vxlan_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
 
                 if (!tb[IFLA_MTU])
                         dev->mtu = lowerdev->mtu - VXLAN_HEADROOM;
+
+                /* update header length based on lower device */
+                dev->hard_header_len = lowerdev->hard_header_len +
+                                       VXLAN_HEADROOM;
         }
 
         if (data[IFLA_VXLAN_TOS])