diff --git a/include/net/gre.h b/include/net/gre.h
index 29e37322c06e..a14093c70eab 100644
--- a/include/net/gre.h
+++ b/include/net/gre.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ int gre_del_protocol(const struct gre_protocol *proto, u8 version);
 struct net_device *gretap_fb_dev_create(struct net *net, const char *name,
 				       u8 name_assign_type);
 int gre_parse_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
-		     bool *csum_err, int *hdr_len);
+		     bool *csum_err);
 
 static inline int gre_calc_hlen(__be16 o_flags)
 {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/gre_demux.c b/net/ipv4/gre_demux.c
index 371674801e84..a41e73ab1369 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/gre_demux.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/gre_demux.c
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ int gre_del_protocol(const struct gre_protocol *proto, u8 version)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gre_del_protocol);
 
+/* Fills in tpi and returns header length to be pulled. */
 int gre_parse_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
-		     bool *csum_err, int *ret_hdr_len)
+		     bool *csum_err)
 {
 	const struct gre_base_hdr *greh;
 	__be32 *options;
@@ -119,8 +120,7 @@ int gre_parse_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tnl_ptk_info *tpi,
 				return -EINVAL;
 		}
 	}
-	*ret_hdr_len = hdr_len;
-	return 0;
+	return hdr_len;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(gre_parse_header);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index b99213c46aac..8260a707b9b8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -221,16 +221,12 @@ static void gre_err(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 info)
 	const int code = icmp_hdr(skb)->code;
 	struct tnl_ptk_info tpi;
 	bool csum_err = false;
-	int hdr_len;
 
-	if (gre_parse_header(skb, &tpi, &csum_err, &hdr_len)) {
+	if (gre_parse_header(skb, &tpi, &csum_err) < 0) {
 		if (!csum_err)		/* ignore csum errors. */
 			return;
 	}
 
-	if (iptunnel_pull_header(skb, hdr_len, tpi.proto, false))
-		return;
-
 	if (type == ICMP_DEST_UNREACH && code == ICMP_FRAG_NEEDED) {
 		ipv4_update_pmtu(skb, dev_net(skb->dev), info,
 				 skb->dev->ifindex, 0, IPPROTO_GRE, 0);
@@ -314,7 +310,8 @@ static int gre_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 #endif
 
-	if (gre_parse_header(skb, &tpi, &csum_err, &hdr_len) < 0)
+	hdr_len = gre_parse_header(skb, &tpi, &csum_err);
+	if (hdr_len < 0)
 		goto drop;
 
 	if (iptunnel_pull_header(skb, hdr_len, tpi.proto, false))
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 10127741a60d..47b671a46dc4 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -468,7 +468,8 @@ static int gre_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	bool csum_err = false;
 	int hdr_len;
 
-	if (gre_parse_header(skb, &tpi, &csum_err, &hdr_len) < 0)
+	hdr_len = gre_parse_header(skb, &tpi, &csum_err);
+	if (hdr_len < 0)
 		goto drop;
 
 	if (iptunnel_pull_header(skb, hdr_len, tpi.proto, false))