diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 3753cf094286..5502e145aa17 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -3540,6 +3540,8 @@ static void vxlan_config_apply(struct net_device *dev,
 		needed_headroom = lowerdev->hard_header_len;
 		needed_headroom += lowerdev->needed_headroom;
 
+		dev->needed_tailroom = lowerdev->needed_tailroom;
+
 		max_mtu = lowerdev->mtu - (use_ipv6 ? VXLAN6_HEADROOM :
 					   VXLAN_HEADROOM);
 		if (max_mtu < ETH_MIN_MTU)