diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index c5a557a06a31ae589a0938d2d1a12073ae3706df..9b842544aea3d8155a28a4b9f8030901bb712a9c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ static void ipgre_tap_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	ether_setup(dev);
 	dev->netdev_ops		= &gre_tap_netdev_ops;
+	dev->priv_flags 	|= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
 	ip_tunnel_setup(dev, gre_tap_net_id);
 }