diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 4f4bf5b99686ee8f13cfd353b7dca307f9260dbc..942576e27df163fe4c851bfb06346e5f7cab84ee 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -673,6 +673,7 @@ static bool ipgre_netlink_encap_parms(struct nlattr *data[],
 static int gre_tap_init(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	__gre_tunnel_init(dev);
+	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
 
 	return ip_tunnel_init(dev);
 }