diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 9c169bb2444d5990c7562692ba1c92030898bca4..f200b304f76cb37c704e4bb84c1e9acd2f76df0e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -722,10 +722,12 @@ static netdev_tx_t erspan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		erspan_build_header(skb, ntohl(tunnel->parms.o_key),
 				    tunnel->index,
 				    truncate, true);
-	else
+	else if (tunnel->erspan_ver == 2)
 		erspan_build_header_v2(skb, ntohl(tunnel->parms.o_key),
 				       tunnel->dir, tunnel->hwid,
 				       truncate, true);
+	else
+		goto free_skb;
 
 	tunnel->parms.o_flags &= ~TUNNEL_KEY;
 	__gre_xmit(skb, dev, &tunnel->parms.iph, htons(ETH_P_ERSPAN));
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 69727bc168cb027009dac95431e40b71291697da..a3e1dec96a7482e6a6c27cd62426a3f4e0128d1b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -979,11 +979,14 @@ static netdev_tx_t ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			erspan_build_header(skb, ntohl(t->parms.o_key),
 					    t->parms.index,
 					    truncate, false);
-		else
+		else if (t->parms.erspan_ver == 2)
 			erspan_build_header_v2(skb, ntohl(t->parms.o_key),
 					       t->parms.dir,
 					       t->parms.hwid,
 					       truncate, false);
+		else
+			goto tx_err;
+
 		fl6.daddr = t->parms.raddr;
 	}