diff --git a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
index d708b66e55cd..85e3455cea25 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
@@ -629,8 +629,7 @@ struct metadata_dst *iptunnel_metadata_reply(struct metadata_dst *md,
 int skb_tunnel_check_pmtu(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *encap_dst,
 			  int headroom, bool reply);
 
-static inline void ip_tunnel_adj_headroom(struct net_device *dev,
-					  unsigned int headroom)
+static inline unsigned int ip_tunnel_limit_headroom(unsigned int headroom)
 {
 	/* we must cap headroom to some upperlimit, else pskb_expand_head
 	 * will overflow header offsets in skb_headers_offset_update().
@@ -640,6 +639,14 @@ static inline void ip_tunnel_adj_headroom(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (headroom > max_allowed)
 		headroom = max_allowed;
 
+	return headroom;
+}
+
+static inline void ip_tunnel_adj_headroom(struct net_device *dev,
+					  unsigned int headroom)
+{
+	headroom = ip_tunnel_limit_headroom(headroom);
+
 	if (headroom > READ_ONCE(dev->needed_headroom))
 		WRITE_ONCE(dev->needed_headroom, headroom);
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index 9d114bd575f9..5b1f180485d4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ static int ip_tunnel_bind_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 		mtu = min(tdev->mtu, IP_MAX_MTU);
 	}
 
-	dev->needed_headroom = t_hlen + hlen;
+	dev->needed_headroom = ip_tunnel_limit_headroom(t_hlen + hlen);
 	mtu -= t_hlen + (dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER ? dev->hard_header_len : 0);
 
 	if (mtu < IPV4_MIN_MTU)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 70c171091020..200d0ba1a40e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -1137,8 +1137,11 @@ static void ip6gre_tnl_link_config_route(struct ip6_tnl *t, int set_mtu,
 			return;
 
 		if (rt->dst.dev) {
-			dev->needed_headroom = rt->dst.dev->hard_header_len +
-					       t_hlen;
+			unsigned int headroom;
+
+			headroom = rt->dst.dev->hard_header_len + t_hlen;
+			headroom = ip_tunnel_limit_headroom(headroom);
+			dev->needed_headroom = headroom;
 
 			if (set_mtu) {
 				int mtu = rt->dst.dev->mtu - t_hlen;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index 6a1b901ecc9b..cc96bb8b706e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -1514,8 +1514,11 @@ static void ip6_tnl_link_config(struct ip6_tnl *t)
 			tdev = __dev_get_by_index(t->net, p->link);
 
 		if (tdev) {
-			dev->needed_headroom = tdev->hard_header_len +
-				tdev->needed_headroom + t_hlen;
+			unsigned int headroom;
+
+			headroom = tdev->hard_header_len + tdev->needed_headroom;
+			headroom += t_hlen;
+			dev->needed_headroom = ip_tunnel_limit_headroom(headroom);
 			mtu = min_t(unsigned int, tdev->mtu, IP6_MAX_MTU);
 
 			mtu = mtu - t_hlen;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index a38b24fb8384..19b7fa8d1a2a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ static void ipip6_tunnel_bind_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 		WRITE_ONCE(dev->mtu, mtu);
 		hlen = tdev->hard_header_len + tdev->needed_headroom;
 	}
-	dev->needed_headroom = t_hlen + hlen;
+	dev->needed_headroom = ip_tunnel_limit_headroom(t_hlen + hlen);
 }
 
 static void ipip6_tunnel_update(struct ip_tunnel *t,