diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index bfed7508ba19a470d265050d23879d257d776fd8..98c108baf35e23f1f2d11b51c38f325b7a3fff78 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,6 @@ static void ipip6_tunnel_bind_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (tdev && !netif_is_l3_master(tdev)) {
 		int t_hlen = tunnel->hlen + sizeof(struct iphdr);
 
-		dev->hard_header_len = tdev->hard_header_len + sizeof(struct iphdr);
 		dev->mtu = tdev->mtu - t_hlen;
 		if (dev->mtu < IPV6_MIN_MTU)
 			dev->mtu = IPV6_MIN_MTU;
@@ -1377,7 +1376,6 @@ static void ipip6_tunnel_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->priv_destructor	= ipip6_dev_free;
 
 	dev->type		= ARPHRD_SIT;
-	dev->hard_header_len	= LL_MAX_HEADER + t_hlen;
 	dev->mtu		= ETH_DATA_LEN - t_hlen;
 	dev->min_mtu		= IPV6_MIN_MTU;
 	dev->max_mtu		= IP6_MAX_MTU - t_hlen;