diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c b/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
index 687ddef4e5747274fc9c248b73d3869ed57fe21f..afcee51b90ede30a846bbd7a5c16b6996d955889 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops vti_netdev_ops = {
 static void vti_tunnel_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	dev->netdev_ops		= &vti_netdev_ops;
+	dev->type		= ARPHRD_TUNNEL;
 	ip_tunnel_setup(dev, vti_net_id);
 }
 
@@ -348,7 +349,6 @@ static int vti_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, &iph->saddr, 4);
 	memcpy(dev->broadcast, &iph->daddr, 4);
 
-	dev->type		= ARPHRD_TUNNEL;
 	dev->hard_header_len	= LL_MAX_HEADER + sizeof(struct iphdr);
 	dev->mtu		= ETH_DATA_LEN;
 	dev->flags		= IFF_NOARP;