diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index db84f523656d..931c38f6ff4a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -1123,8 +1123,13 @@ route_lookup:
 		max_headroom += 8;
 		mtu -= 8;
 	}
-	if (mtu < IPV6_MIN_MTU)
-		mtu = IPV6_MIN_MTU;
+	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IPV6)) {
+		if (mtu < IPV6_MIN_MTU)
+			mtu = IPV6_MIN_MTU;
+	} else if (mtu < 576) {
+		mtu = 576;
+	}
+
 	if (skb_dst(skb) && !t->parms.collect_md)
 		skb_dst(skb)->ops->update_pmtu(skb_dst(skb), NULL, skb, mtu);
 	if (skb->len - t->tun_hlen - eth_hlen > mtu && !skb_is_gso(skb)) {