diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 699ef942b615c3a22053ba1419399317a6642cfa..7661064c815b2b788602f92a3fadcc890fc096c4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ static int ibmvnic_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 	tx_crq.v1.sge_len = cpu_to_be32(skb->len);
 	tx_crq.v1.ioba = cpu_to_be64(data_dma_addr);
 
-	if (adapter->vlan_header_insertion) {
+	if (adapter->vlan_header_insertion && skb_vlan_tag_present(skb)) {
 		tx_crq.v1.flags2 |= IBMVNIC_TX_VLAN_INSERT;
 		tx_crq.v1.vlan_id = cpu_to_be16(skb->vlan_tci);
 	}