1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 249e01c5600c..ed384fee76ac 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2440,7 +2440,8 @@ static int vxlan_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
                 /* update header length based on lower device */
                 dev->hard_header_len = lowerdev->hard_header_len +
                                        (use_ipv6 ? VXLAN6_HEADROOM : VXLAN_HEADROOM);
-        }
+        } else if (use_ipv6)
+                vxlan->flags |= VXLAN_F_IPV6;
 
         if (data[IFLA_VXLAN_TOS])
                 vxlan->tos  = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_VXLAN_TOS]);