diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 8ebda0b6a78b..e61cb10b50dc 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -2279,7 +2279,7 @@ static int ip6erspan_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 		return PTR_ERR(t);
 
 	ip6erspan_set_version(data, &p);
-	ip6gre_tunnel_unlink_md(ign, t);
+	ip6erspan_tunnel_unlink_md(ign, t);
 	ip6gre_tunnel_unlink(ign, t);
 	ip6erspan_tnl_change(t, &p, !tb[IFLA_MTU]);
 	ip6erspan_tunnel_link_md(ign, t);