diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 249e01c5600c9010a19ca07c175867ec9e5fb91d..ed384fee76ac9ffa12eff0563864424f95ab2d01 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]);