diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 1ef1fa2b22a6..bf4a9a084de5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -976,6 +976,7 @@ static void ip6gre_tnl_link_config(struct ip6_tnl *t, int set_mtu)
 		if (t->parms.o_flags&GRE_SEQ)
 			addend += 4;
 	}
+	t->hlen = addend;
 
 	if (p->flags & IP6_TNL_F_CAP_XMIT) {
 		int strict = (ipv6_addr_type(&p->raddr) &
@@ -1002,8 +1003,6 @@ static void ip6gre_tnl_link_config(struct ip6_tnl *t, int set_mtu)
 		}
 		ip6_rt_put(rt);
 	}
-
-	t->hlen = addend;
 }
 
 static int ip6gre_tnl_change(struct ip6_tnl *t,