diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index d0abde4236af..f973e0a58993 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -523,7 +523,8 @@ static struct rtable *gre_get_rt(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return ip_route_output_key(net, fl);
 }
 
-static void gre_fb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+static void gre_fb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
+			__be16 proto)
 {
 	struct ip_tunnel_info *tun_info;
 	const struct ip_tunnel_key *key;
@@ -575,7 +576,7 @@ static void gre_fb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	flags = tun_info->key.tun_flags & (TUNNEL_CSUM | TUNNEL_KEY);
-	build_header(skb, tunnel_hlen, flags, htons(ETH_P_TEB),
+	build_header(skb, tunnel_hlen, flags, proto,
 		     tunnel_id_to_key(tun_info->key.tun_id), 0);
 
 	df = key->tun_flags & TUNNEL_DONT_FRAGMENT ?  htons(IP_DF) : 0;
@@ -616,7 +617,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipgre_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	const struct iphdr *tnl_params;
 
 	if (tunnel->collect_md) {
-		gre_fb_xmit(skb, dev);
+		gre_fb_xmit(skb, dev, skb->protocol);
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}
 
@@ -660,7 +661,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t gre_tap_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	if (tunnel->collect_md) {
-		gre_fb_xmit(skb, dev);
+		gre_fb_xmit(skb, dev, htons(ETH_P_TEB));
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	}