diff --git a/drivers/net/geneve.c b/drivers/net/geneve.c
index 33185b9a435e..192631a345df 100644
--- a/drivers/net/geneve.c
+++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c
@@ -463,8 +463,6 @@ static struct sk_buff **geneve_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	flush = 0;
-
 	for (p = *head; p; p = p->next) {
 		if (!NAPI_GRO_CB(p)->same_flow)
 			continue;
@@ -481,14 +479,13 @@ static struct sk_buff **geneve_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	ptype = gro_find_receive_by_type(type);
-	if (!ptype) {
-		flush = 1;
+	if (!ptype)
 		goto out_unlock;
-	}
 
 	skb_gro_pull(skb, gh_len);
 	skb_gro_postpull_rcsum(skb, gh, gh_len);
 	pp = ptype->callbacks.gro_receive(head, skb);
+	flush = 0;
 
 out_unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 8eda76f9e474..800106a7246c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -591,8 +591,6 @@ static struct sk_buff **vxlan_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 
 	skb_gro_pull(skb, sizeof(struct vxlanhdr)); /* pull vxlan header */
 
-	flush = 0;
-
 	for (p = *head; p; p = p->next) {
 		if (!NAPI_GRO_CB(p)->same_flow)
 			continue;
@@ -606,6 +604,7 @@ static struct sk_buff **vxlan_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 	}
 
 	pp = eth_gro_receive(head, skb);
+	flush = 0;
 
 out:
 	skb_gro_remcsum_cleanup(skb, &grc);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fou.c b/net/ipv4/fou.c
index 88dab0c1670c..780484243e14 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fou.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fou.c
@@ -319,8 +319,6 @@ static struct sk_buff **gue_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 
 	skb_gro_pull(skb, hdrlen);
 
-	flush = 0;
-
 	for (p = *head; p; p = p->next) {
 		const struct guehdr *guehdr2;
 
@@ -352,6 +350,7 @@ static struct sk_buff **gue_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	pp = ops->callbacks.gro_receive(head, skb);
+	flush = 0;
 
 out_unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
diff --git a/net/ipv4/gre_offload.c b/net/ipv4/gre_offload.c
index 47f4c544c916..540866dbd27d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/gre_offload.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/gre_offload.c
@@ -175,8 +175,6 @@ static struct sk_buff **gre_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 					     null_compute_pseudo);
 	}
 
-	flush = 0;
-
 	for (p = *head; p; p = p->next) {
 		const struct gre_base_hdr *greh2;
 
@@ -213,6 +211,7 @@ static struct sk_buff **gre_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 	skb_gro_postpull_rcsum(skb, greh, grehlen);
 
 	pp = ptype->callbacks.gro_receive(head, skb);
+	flush = 0;
 
 out_unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();