diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 0162fb955b33abf18514cbfd482e72a0ebce6e48..8b837f6f553201da37e3909fb0d5fd82748ee34a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -1223,6 +1223,7 @@ static int gre_tap_init(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	__gre_tunnel_init(dev);
 	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
+	netif_keep_dst(dev);
 
 	return ip_tunnel_init(dev);
 }