diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 82309efd417e..e4878e9aa636 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -1464,6 +1464,12 @@ static int ipgre_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	if (!rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(dev, t->net))
 		return -EPERM;
 
+	if (data && data[IFLA_GRE_COLLECT_METADATA] && !t->collect_md) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+			       "Enabling collect_md on an existing device is not supported");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	err = ipgre_newlink_encap_setup(dev, data);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
@@ -1496,6 +1502,12 @@ static int erspan_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	if (!rtnl_dev_link_net_capable(dev, t->net))
 		return -EPERM;
 
+	if (data && data[IFLA_GRE_COLLECT_METADATA] && !t->collect_md) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack,
+			       "Enabling collect_md on an existing device is not supported");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	err = ipgre_newlink_encap_setup(dev, data);
 	if (err)
 		return err;