diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 829aff8b..0485ef1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@
 	/* Push GRE header. */
 	gre_build_header(skb, &tpi, tunnel->tun_hlen);
 
+	skb_set_inner_protocol(skb, tpi.proto);
+
 	ip_tunnel_xmit(skb, dev, tnl_params, tnl_params->protocol);
 }