diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index d1f819238414..bd27204725ed 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -1531,7 +1531,8 @@ static void ip6_tnl_link_config(struct ip6_tnl *t)
 			tdev = __dev_get_by_index(t->net, p->link);
 
 		if (tdev) {
-			dev->hard_header_len = tdev->hard_header_len + t_hlen;
+			dev->needed_headroom = tdev->hard_header_len +
+				tdev->needed_headroom + t_hlen;
 			mtu = min_t(unsigned int, tdev->mtu, IP6_MAX_MTU);
 
 			mtu = mtu - t_hlen;
@@ -1758,7 +1759,9 @@ ip6_tnl_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
 int ip6_tnl_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 {
 	struct ip6_tnl *tnl = netdev_priv(dev);
+	int t_hlen;
 
+	t_hlen = tnl->hlen + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
 	if (tnl->parms.proto == IPPROTO_IPV6) {
 		if (new_mtu < IPV6_MIN_MTU)
 			return -EINVAL;
@@ -1767,10 +1770,10 @@ int ip6_tnl_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	if (tnl->parms.proto == IPPROTO_IPV6 || tnl->parms.proto == 0) {
-		if (new_mtu > IP6_MAX_MTU - dev->hard_header_len)
+		if (new_mtu > IP6_MAX_MTU - dev->hard_header_len - t_hlen)
 			return -EINVAL;
 	} else {
-		if (new_mtu > IP_MAX_MTU - dev->hard_header_len)
+		if (new_mtu > IP_MAX_MTU - dev->hard_header_len - t_hlen)
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	dev->mtu = new_mtu;
@@ -1916,12 +1919,11 @@ ip6_tnl_dev_init_gen(struct net_device *dev)
 	t_hlen = t->hlen + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
 
 	dev->type = ARPHRD_TUNNEL6;
-	dev->hard_header_len = LL_MAX_HEADER + t_hlen;
 	dev->mtu = ETH_DATA_LEN - t_hlen;
 	if (!(t->parms.flags & IP6_TNL_F_IGN_ENCAP_LIMIT))
 		dev->mtu -= 8;
 	dev->min_mtu = ETH_MIN_MTU;
-	dev->max_mtu = IP6_MAX_MTU - dev->hard_header_len;
+	dev->max_mtu = IP6_MAX_MTU - dev->hard_header_len - t_hlen;
 
 	dev_hold(dev);
 	return 0;