diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index d4cdc2b1b468..3bc02ab9ceac 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -1101,12 +1101,13 @@ static netdev_tx_t sit_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 static void ipip6_tunnel_bind_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 {
+	struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
+	int t_hlen = tunnel->hlen + sizeof(struct iphdr);
 	struct net_device *tdev = NULL;
-	struct ip_tunnel *tunnel;
+	int hlen = LL_MAX_HEADER;
 	const struct iphdr *iph;
 	struct flowi4 fl4;
 
-	tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
 	iph = &tunnel->parms.iph;
 
 	if (iph->daddr) {
@@ -1129,14 +1130,15 @@ static void ipip6_tunnel_bind_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 		tdev = __dev_get_by_index(tunnel->net, tunnel->parms.link);
 
 	if (tdev && !netif_is_l3_master(tdev)) {
-		int t_hlen = tunnel->hlen + sizeof(struct iphdr);
 		int mtu;
 
 		mtu = tdev->mtu - t_hlen;
 		if (mtu < IPV6_MIN_MTU)
 			mtu = IPV6_MIN_MTU;
 		WRITE_ONCE(dev->mtu, mtu);
+		hlen = tdev->hard_header_len + tdev->needed_headroom;
 	}
+	dev->needed_headroom = t_hlen + hlen;
 }
 
 static void ipip6_tunnel_update(struct ip_tunnel *t, struct ip_tunnel_parm *p,