diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index e1856bfa753d..e9805ad664ac 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ struct ip_tunnel *ip_tunnel_lookup(struct ip_tunnel_net *itn,
 		return cand;
 
 	t = rcu_dereference(itn->collect_md_tun);
-	if (t)
+	if (t && t->dev->flags & IFF_UP)
 		return t;
 
 	if (itn->fb_tunnel_dev && itn->fb_tunnel_dev->flags & IFF_UP)