diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c
index 2042369379ff..f2a202d46892 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c
@@ -759,8 +759,7 @@ static int vxlan_vni_add(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan,
 	err = vxlan_vni_update_group(vxlan, vninode, group, true, &changed,
 				     extack);
 
-	if (changed)
-		vxlan_vnifilter_notify(vxlan, vninode, RTM_NEWTUNNEL);
+	vxlan_vnifilter_notify(vxlan, vninode, RTM_NEWTUNNEL);
 
 	return err;
 }