diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index cf8b7f0..6ebe562 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2392,10 +2392,6 @@
 
 	eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
 	ether_setup(dev);
-	if (vxlan->default_dst.remote_ip.sa.sa_family == AF_INET6)
-		dev->needed_headroom = ETH_HLEN + VXLAN6_HEADROOM;
-	else
-		dev->needed_headroom = ETH_HLEN + VXLAN_HEADROOM;
 
 	dev->netdev_ops = &vxlan_netdev_ops;
 	dev->destructor = free_netdev;
@@ -2670,8 +2666,12 @@
 
 		dev->needed_headroom = lowerdev->hard_header_len +
 				       (use_ipv6 ? VXLAN6_HEADROOM : VXLAN_HEADROOM);
-	} else if (use_ipv6)
+	} else if (use_ipv6) {
 		vxlan->flags |= VXLAN_F_IPV6;
+		dev->needed_headroom = ETH_HLEN + VXLAN6_HEADROOM;
+	} else {
+		dev->needed_headroom = ETH_HLEN + VXLAN_HEADROOM;
+	}
 
 	memcpy(&vxlan->cfg, conf, sizeof(*conf));
 	if (!vxlan->cfg.dst_port)