diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index bd227e5ea9da..3b00d81c8f1e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	rt = ip_route_output_tunnel(dev_net(dev), &fl4,
-				    tunnel->parms.iph.protocol,
+				    protocol,
 				    dst, tnl_params->saddr,
 				    tunnel->parms.o_key,
 				    RT_TOS(tos),