diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 19b9cc51079e75346af766c91786d66eaa92c3f2..1000b0e4ee014ca5a168bbb66aa993274feb5bf3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -3103,6 +3103,11 @@ static void vxlan_config_apply(struct net_device *dev,
 
 		max_mtu = lowerdev->mtu - (use_ipv6 ? VXLAN6_HEADROOM :
 					   VXLAN_HEADROOM);
+		if (max_mtu < ETH_MIN_MTU)
+			max_mtu = ETH_MIN_MTU;
+
+		if (!changelink && !conf->mtu)
+			dev->mtu = max_mtu;
 	}
 
 	if (dev->mtu > max_mtu)