diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 9f3634064c92..7f697a3f00a4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ static void vxlan_parse_gbp_hdr(struct vxlanhdr *unparsed,
 }
 
 static bool vxlan_parse_gpe_hdr(struct vxlanhdr *unparsed,
-				__be32 *protocol,
+				__be16 *protocol,
 				struct sk_buff *skb, u32 vxflags)
 {
 	struct vxlanhdr_gpe *gpe = (struct vxlanhdr_gpe *)unparsed;
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ static int vxlan_rcv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct vxlanhdr unparsed;
 	struct vxlan_metadata _md;
 	struct vxlan_metadata *md = &_md;
-	__be32 protocol = htons(ETH_P_TEB);
+	__be16 protocol = htons(ETH_P_TEB);
 	bool raw_proto = false;
 	void *oiph;