diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 3efdfb4ffa21..0ba1e94e9012 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -1018,6 +1018,8 @@ static void __gre_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->features		|= GRE_FEATURES;
 	dev->hw_features	|= GRE_FEATURES;
 
+	dev->lltx = true;
+
 	/* TCP offload with GRE SEQ is not supported, nor can we support 2
 	 * levels of outer headers requiring an update.
 	 */
@@ -1029,8 +1031,6 @@ static void __gre_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	dev->features |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
 	dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
-
-	dev->lltx = true;
 }
 
 static int ipgre_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 7c09a269b352..b843116e9b70 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -1455,6 +1455,8 @@ static void ip6gre_tnl_init_features(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->features		|= GRE6_FEATURES;
 	dev->hw_features	|= GRE6_FEATURES;
 
+	dev->lltx = true;
+
 	/* TCP offload with GRE SEQ is not supported, nor can we support 2
 	 * levels of outer headers requiring an update.
 	 */
@@ -1466,8 +1468,6 @@ static void ip6gre_tnl_init_features(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	dev->features |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
 	dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
-
-	dev->lltx = true;
 }
 
 static int ip6gre_tunnel_init_common(struct net_device *dev)