diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index e61cb10b50dc..04f7c70b7320 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -923,7 +923,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	struct ip_tunnel_info *tun_info = NULL;
 	struct ip6_tnl *t = netdev_priv(dev);
-	struct dst_entry *dst = skb_dst(skb);
 	IP_TUNNEL_DECLARE_FLAGS(flags) = { };
 	bool truncate = false;
 	int encap_limit = -1;
@@ -1058,12 +1057,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	gre_build_header(skb, 8, flags, proto, 0,
 			 htonl(atomic_fetch_inc(&t->o_seqno)));
 
-	/* TooBig packet may have updated dst->dev's mtu */
-	if (!t->parms.collect_md && dst) {
-		mtu = READ_ONCE(dst_dev(dst)->mtu);
-		if (dst_mtu(dst) > mtu)
-			dst->ops->update_pmtu(dst, NULL, skb, mtu, false);
-	}
 	err = ip6_tnl_xmit(skb, dev, dsfield, &fl6, encap_limit, &mtu,
 			   NEXTHDR_GRE);
 	if (err != 0) {