diff --git a/include/net/gre.h b/include/net/gre.h
index a14093c70eabbb13d925b06ef4d72d4bd696f21c..5dce30a6abe3e67091c5d14facd2750edd8426f0 100644
--- a/include/net/gre.h
+++ b/include/net/gre.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int gre_del_protocol(const struct gre_protocol *proto, u8 version);
 struct net_device *gretap_fb_dev_create(struct net *net, const char *name,
 				       u8 name_assign_type);
 int gre_parse_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
-		     bool *csum_err);
+		     bool *csum_err, __be16 proto);
 
 static inline int gre_calc_hlen(__be16 o_flags)
 {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/gre_demux.c b/net/ipv4/gre_demux.c
index d78e2eefc0f7348fc721f81341c5de766f99492f..4c39f4fd332a3569267c5c1330e692c5f40a49e7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/gre_demux.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/gre_demux.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gre_del_protocol);
 
 /* Fills in tpi and returns header length to be pulled. */
 int gre_parse_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
-		     bool *csum_err)
+		     bool *csum_err, __be16 proto)
 {
 	const struct gre_base_hdr *greh;
 	__be32 *options;
@@ -109,11 +109,11 @@ int gre_parse_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
 		tpi->seq = 0;
 	}
 	/* WCCP version 1 and 2 protocol decoding.
-	 * - Change protocol to IP
+	 * - Change protocol to IPv4/IPv6
 	 * - When dealing with WCCPv2, Skip extra 4 bytes in GRE header
 	 */
 	if (greh->flags == 0 && tpi->proto == htons(ETH_P_WCCP)) {
-		tpi->proto = htons(ETH_P_IP);
+		tpi->proto = proto;
 		if ((*(u8 *)options & 0xF0) != 0x40)
 			hdr_len += 4;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 2b267e71ebf5f25dc38587c6b7922b93e890694f..aaeb478b54cd2657ae8c3d838141a61b9d5eb413 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static void gre_err(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 info)
 	struct tnl_ptk_info tpi;
 	bool csum_err = false;
 
-	if (gre_parse_header(skb, &tpi, &csum_err) < 0) {
+	if (gre_parse_header(skb, &tpi, &csum_err, htons(ETH_P_IP)) < 0) {
 		if (!csum_err)		/* ignore csum errors. */
 			return;
 	}
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ static int gre_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 #endif
 
-	hdr_len = gre_parse_header(skb, &tpi, &csum_err);
+	hdr_len = gre_parse_header(skb, &tpi, &csum_err, htons(ETH_P_IP));
 	if (hdr_len < 0)
 		goto drop;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 3c25fe67d3da1f27afef1139aa034265bfed378e..4541fa54035e2213e7a8568e5c1f2cfe1006373c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ static int gre_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	bool csum_err = false;
 	int hdr_len;
 
-	hdr_len = gre_parse_header(skb, &tpi, &csum_err);
+	hdr_len = gre_parse_header(skb, &tpi, &csum_err, htons(ETH_P_IPV6));
 	if (hdr_len < 0)
 		goto drop;