diff --git a/drivers/net/team/team.c b/drivers/net/team/team.c
index 8b5e1ec6aabf..08f9530fd5b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/team/team.c
+++ b/drivers/net/team/team.c
@@ -2095,7 +2095,12 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops team_ethtool_ops = {
 static void team_setup_by_port(struct net_device *dev,
 			       struct net_device *port_dev)
 {
-	dev->header_ops	= port_dev->header_ops;
+	struct team *team = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	if (port_dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER)
+		dev->header_ops	= team->header_ops_cache;
+	else
+		dev->header_ops	= port_dev->header_ops;
 	dev->type = port_dev->type;
 	dev->hard_header_len = port_dev->hard_header_len;
 	dev->needed_headroom = port_dev->needed_headroom;
@@ -2142,8 +2147,11 @@ static int team_dev_type_check_change(struct net_device *dev,
 
 static void team_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
+	struct team *team = netdev_priv(dev);
+
 	ether_setup(dev);
 	dev->max_mtu = ETH_MAX_MTU;
+	team->header_ops_cache = dev->header_ops;
 
 	dev->netdev_ops = &team_netdev_ops;
 	dev->ethtool_ops = &team_ethtool_ops;
diff --git a/include/linux/if_team.h b/include/linux/if_team.h
index ac42da56f7a2..fd32538ae705 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_team.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_team.h
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ struct team {
 	struct net_device *dev; /* associated netdevice */
 	struct team_pcpu_stats __percpu *pcpu_stats;
 
+	const struct header_ops *header_ops_cache;
+
 	struct mutex lock; /* used for overall locking, e.g. port lists write */
 
 	/*