diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 1610d51dbb5c5621499077114ad0b35cd762d19a..e0995ffd046d6add70827b13ff36283fed097dc7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2247,9 +2247,9 @@ static void vxlan_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
 	ether_setup(dev);
 	if (vxlan->default_dst.remote_ip.sa.sa_family == AF_INET6)
-		dev->hard_header_len = ETH_HLEN + VXLAN6_HEADROOM;
+		dev->needed_headroom = ETH_HLEN + VXLAN6_HEADROOM;
 	else
-		dev->hard_header_len = ETH_HLEN + VXLAN_HEADROOM;
+		dev->needed_headroom = ETH_HLEN + VXLAN_HEADROOM;
 
 	dev->netdev_ops = &vxlan_netdev_ops;
 	dev->destructor = free_netdev;
@@ -2646,8 +2646,7 @@ static int vxlan_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
 		if (!tb[IFLA_MTU])
 			dev->mtu = lowerdev->mtu - (use_ipv6 ? VXLAN6_HEADROOM : VXLAN_HEADROOM);
 
-		/* update header length based on lower device */
-		dev->hard_header_len = lowerdev->hard_header_len +
+		dev->needed_headroom = lowerdev->hard_header_len +
 				       (use_ipv6 ? VXLAN6_HEADROOM : VXLAN_HEADROOM);
 	} else if (use_ipv6)
 		vxlan->flags |= VXLAN_F_IPV6;