diff --git a/net/openvswitch/actions.c b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
index 49af167105d3..44144f914920 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/actions.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
@@ -137,12 +137,12 @@ static struct deferred_action *add_deferred_actions(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 static void invalidate_flow_key(struct sw_flow_key *key)
 {
-	key->eth.type = htons(0);
+	key->mac_proto |= SW_FLOW_KEY_INVALID;
 }
 
 static bool is_flow_key_valid(const struct sw_flow_key *key)
 {
-	return !!key->eth.type;
+	return !(key->mac_proto & SW_FLOW_KEY_INVALID);
 }
 
 static void update_ethertype(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ethhdr *hdr,
@@ -796,16 +796,8 @@ static void do_output(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb, int out_port,
 			ovs_vport_send(vport, skb);
 		} else if (mru <= vport->dev->mtu) {
 			struct net *net = read_pnet(&dp->net);
-			__be16 ethertype = key->eth.type;
 
-			if (!is_flow_key_valid(key)) {
-				if (eth_p_mpls(skb->protocol))
-					ethertype = skb->inner_protocol;
-				else
-					ethertype = vlan_get_protocol(skb);
-			}
-
-			ovs_fragment(net, vport, skb, mru, ethertype);
+			ovs_fragment(net, vport, skb, mru, key->eth.type);
 		} else {
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 		}
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow.c b/net/openvswitch/flow.c
index 22087062bd10..96c8c4716603 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow.c
@@ -751,6 +751,7 @@ int ovs_flow_key_extract(const struct ip_tunnel_info *tun_info,
 	key->phy.skb_mark = skb->mark;
 	ovs_ct_fill_key(skb, key);
 	key->ovs_flow_hash = 0;
+	key->mac_proto = MAC_PROTO_ETHERNET;
 	key->recirc_id = 0;
 
 	return key_extract(skb, key);
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow.h b/net/openvswitch/flow.h
index ae783f5c6695..f61cae7f9030 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow.h
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow.h
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
 
 struct sk_buff;
 
+enum sw_flow_mac_proto {
+	MAC_PROTO_NONE = 0,
+	MAC_PROTO_ETHERNET,
+};
+#define SW_FLOW_KEY_INVALID	0x80
+
 /* Store options at the end of the array if they are less than the
  * maximum size. This allows us to get the benefits of variable length
  * matching for small options.
@@ -68,6 +74,7 @@ struct sw_flow_key {
 		u32	skb_mark;	/* SKB mark. */
 		u16	in_port;	/* Input switch port (or DP_MAX_PORTS). */
 	} __packed phy; /* Safe when right after 'tun_key'. */
+	u8 mac_proto;			/* MAC layer protocol (e.g. Ethernet). */
 	u8 tun_proto;			/* Protocol of encapsulating tunnel. */
 	u32 ovs_flow_hash;		/* Datapath computed hash value.  */
 	u32 recirc_id;			/* Recirculation ID.  */
@@ -206,6 +213,21 @@ struct arp_eth_header {
 	unsigned char       ar_tip[4];		/* target IP address        */
 } __packed;
 
+static inline u8 ovs_key_mac_proto(const struct sw_flow_key *key)
+{
+	return key->mac_proto & ~SW_FLOW_KEY_INVALID;
+}
+
+static inline u16 __ovs_mac_header_len(u8 mac_proto)
+{
+	return mac_proto == MAC_PROTO_ETHERNET ? ETH_HLEN : 0;
+}
+
+static inline u16 ovs_mac_header_len(const struct sw_flow_key *key)
+{
+	return __ovs_mac_header_len(ovs_key_mac_proto(key));
+}
+
 static inline bool ovs_identifier_is_ufid(const struct sw_flow_id *sfid)
 {
 	return sfid->ufid_len;
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index ae25ded82b3b..ccb9900c5230 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -1059,6 +1059,11 @@ static int metadata_from_nlattrs(struct net *net, struct sw_flow_match *match,
 				   sizeof(*cl), is_mask);
 		*attrs &= ~(1ULL << OVS_KEY_ATTR_CT_LABELS);
 	}
+
+	/* Always exact match mac_proto */
+	SW_FLOW_KEY_PUT(match, mac_proto, is_mask ? 0xff : MAC_PROTO_ETHERNET,
+			is_mask);
+
 	return 0;
 }