diff --git a/include/net/gre.h b/include/net/gre.h
index 7a54a31d1d4c..73ea256eb7d7 100644
--- a/include/net/gre.h
+++ b/include/net/gre.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ static inline void gre_build_header(struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_len,
 
 	skb_push(skb, hdr_len);
 
+	skb_set_inner_protocol(skb, proto);
 	skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
 	greh = (struct gre_base_hdr *)skb->data;
 	greh->flags = gre_tnl_flags_to_gre_flags(flags);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 5b1481be0282..113cc43df789 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ static void __gre_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			 tunnel->parms.o_flags, proto, tunnel->parms.o_key,
 			 htonl(tunnel->o_seqno));
 
-	skb_set_inner_protocol(skb, proto);
 	ip_tunnel_xmit(skb, dev, tnl_params, tnl_params->protocol);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 776d145113e1..704274cbd495 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -519,8 +519,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t __gre6_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	gre_build_header(skb, tunnel->tun_hlen, tunnel->parms.o_flags,
 			 protocol, tunnel->parms.o_key, htonl(tunnel->o_seqno));
 
-	skb_set_inner_protocol(skb, protocol);
-
 	return ip6_tnl_xmit(skb, dev, dsfield, fl6, encap_limit, pmtu,
 			    NEXTHDR_GRE);
 }