diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index bb999931729f..90cee5be1c0f 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5205,6 +5205,10 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
 	 */
 	dev->vlan_features |= NETIF_F_HIGHDMA;
 
+	/* Make NETIF_F_SG inheritable to tunnel devices.
+	 */
+	dev->hw_enc_features |= NETIF_F_SG;
+
 	ret = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_POST_INIT, dev);
 	ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
 	if (ret)