diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 02b02a8d681c..4b93f32de10d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ static int ipgre_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 				offset += 4;
 		}
 
-		skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
+		skb->mac_header = skb->network_header;
 		__pskb_pull(skb, offset);
 		skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 		skb_postpull_rcsum(skb, skb_transport_header(skb), offset);