diff --git a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
index 7a4de6d618b169d0f72b04386965b6e02ba27ada..8fbe6cdbe255d4d32b790baa22e1431d240f6e7f 100644
--- a/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
+++ b/net/mpls/af_mpls.c
@@ -1533,10 +1533,14 @@ static int mpls_dev_notify(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
 	unsigned int flags;
 
 	if (event == NETDEV_REGISTER) {
-		/* For now just support Ethernet, IPGRE, SIT and IPIP devices */
+
+		/* For now just support Ethernet, IPGRE, IP6GRE, SIT and
+		 * IPIP devices
+		 */
 		if (dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER ||
 		    dev->type == ARPHRD_LOOPBACK ||
 		    dev->type == ARPHRD_IPGRE ||
+		    dev->type == ARPHRD_IP6GRE ||
 		    dev->type == ARPHRD_SIT ||
 		    dev->type == ARPHRD_TUNNEL) {
 			mdev = mpls_add_dev(dev);