diff --git a/include/net/xfrm.h b/include/net/xfrm.h
index 984e5c45265c44e9ed9fcca42fbe6c98bc3de383..15ec19dcf9c886864374a044e636c941ab8e0903 100644
--- a/include/net/xfrm.h
+++ b/include/net/xfrm.h
@@ -310,6 +310,8 @@ struct xfrm_tmpl
 /* Source address of tunnel. Ignored, if it is not a tunnel. */
 	xfrm_address_t		saddr;
 
+	unsigned short		encap_family;
+
 	__u32			reqid;
 
 /* Mode: transport, tunnel etc. */
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index e5ea1347a4ffbcaaf536285877fb3043dc82d00d..64d3938f74c46d1d13753c32a3b37da63fd27918 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -1211,6 +1211,7 @@ xfrm_tmpl_resolve_one(struct xfrm_policy *policy, struct flowi *fl,
 		if (tmpl->mode == XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL) {
 			remote = &tmpl->id.daddr;
 			local = &tmpl->saddr;
+			family = tmpl->encap_family;
 			if (xfrm_addr_any(local, family)) {
 				error = xfrm_get_saddr(&tmp, remote, family);
 				if (error)