diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index c2c0f89397b1..38b9a56c173f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -1371,6 +1371,7 @@ static void ip6_tnl_dev_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->flags |= IFF_NOARP;
 	dev->addr_len = sizeof(struct in6_addr);
 	dev->features |= NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL;
+	dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE;
 }