diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 45d97e9b2759dc7430f56cd4e563eab5bf7d3e44..0901de42ed85a6e1e9c5398eca298686eab3967e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -970,9 +970,6 @@ static void __gre_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	t_hlen = tunnel->hlen + sizeof(struct iphdr);
 
-	dev->needed_headroom	= LL_MAX_HEADER + t_hlen + 4;
-	dev->mtu		= ETH_DATA_LEN - t_hlen - 4;
-
 	dev->features		|= GRE_FEATURES;
 	dev->hw_features	|= GRE_FEATURES;
 
@@ -1290,8 +1287,6 @@ static int erspan_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
 		       erspan_hdr_len(tunnel->erspan_ver);
 	t_hlen = tunnel->hlen + sizeof(struct iphdr);
 
-	dev->needed_headroom = LL_MAX_HEADER + t_hlen + 4;
-	dev->mtu = ETH_DATA_LEN - t_hlen - 4;
 	dev->features		|= GRE_FEATURES;
 	dev->hw_features	|= GRE_FEATURES;
 	dev->priv_flags		|= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index 4b15fe92827867493cca7ad58d70701c0dea599f..6e0f21eed88a4f431a16c57b084c1edbe36619a8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -1982,14 +1982,14 @@ static int ip6_tnl_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
 	struct ip6_tnl_net *ip6n = net_generic(net, ip6_tnl_net_id);
-	struct ip6_tnl *nt, *t;
 	struct ip_tunnel_encap ipencap;
+	struct ip6_tnl *nt, *t;
+	int err;
 
 	nt = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	if (ip6_tnl_netlink_encap_parms(data, &ipencap)) {
-		int err = ip6_tnl_encap_setup(nt, &ipencap);
-
+		err = ip6_tnl_encap_setup(nt, &ipencap);
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;
 	}
@@ -2005,7 +2005,11 @@ static int ip6_tnl_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 			return -EEXIST;
 	}
 
-	return ip6_tnl_create2(dev);
+	err = ip6_tnl_create2(dev);
+	if (!err && tb[IFLA_MTU])
+		ip6_tnl_change_mtu(dev, nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_MTU]));
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int ip6_tnl_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index 3a1775a62973b7e0b1eeb70ba364eb1b068fdde5..0195598f7bb5ad86bcd333fd33a93410c314bfc0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -1578,6 +1578,13 @@ static int ipip6_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
+	if (tb[IFLA_MTU]) {
+		u32 mtu = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_MTU]);
+
+		if (mtu >= IPV6_MIN_MTU && mtu <= 0xFFF8 - dev->hard_header_len)
+			dev->mtu = mtu;
+	}
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_IPV6_SIT_6RD
 	if (ipip6_netlink_6rd_parms(data, &ip6rd))
 		err = ipip6_tunnel_update_6rd(nt, &ip6rd);