diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index af5d1f38217f..d0abde4236af 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ static int ipgre_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	netif_keep_dst(dev);
 	dev->addr_len		= 4;
 
-	if (iph->daddr) {
+	if (iph->daddr && !tunnel->collect_md) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_IPGRE_BROADCAST
 		if (ipv4_is_multicast(iph->daddr)) {
 			if (!iph->saddr)
@@ -902,8 +902,9 @@ static int ipgre_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
 			dev->header_ops = &ipgre_header_ops;
 		}
 #endif
-	} else
+	} else if (!tunnel->collect_md) {
 		dev->header_ops = &ipgre_header_ops;
+	}
 
 	return ip_tunnel_init(dev);
 }