diff --git a/include/net/gre.h b/include/net/gre.h
index f90585decbce..797142eee9cd 100644
--- a/include/net/gre.h
+++ b/include/net/gre.h
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ struct net_device *gretap_fb_dev_create(struct net *net, const char *name,
 int gre_parse_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
 		     bool *csum_err, __be16 proto, int nhs);
 
+bool is_gretap_dev(const struct net_device *dev);
+bool is_ip6gretap_dev(const struct net_device *dev);
+
 static inline int gre_calc_hlen(__be16 o_flags)
 {
 	int addend = 4;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index e496afa47709..0fe1d69b5df4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -1323,6 +1323,12 @@ static void ipgre_tap_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	ip_tunnel_setup(dev, gre_tap_net_id);
 }
 
+bool is_gretap_dev(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	return dev->netdev_ops == &gre_tap_netdev_ops;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(is_gretap_dev);
+
 static int ipgre_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 			 struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
 			 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 3026662a6413..4f150a394387 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -1785,6 +1785,12 @@ static void ip6gre_tap_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	netif_keep_dst(dev);
 }
 
+bool is_ip6gretap_dev(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	return dev->netdev_ops == &ip6gre_tap_netdev_ops;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(is_ip6gretap_dev);
+
 static bool ip6gre_netlink_encap_parms(struct nlattr *data[],
 				       struct ip_tunnel_encap *ipencap)
 {