diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index 0a4759b89da24c8bf50830659545b9f7d231a065..d76674efe523cf041bf2ef57f5b861b3707dd05e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -1181,7 +1181,6 @@ int ip6_tnl_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, __u8 dsfield,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
 	skb_push(skb, sizeof(struct ipv6hdr));
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 	ipv6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);