diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index f0103ffe1cdb..683ffafb6ff9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -1765,6 +1765,11 @@ static const struct net_offload ipip_offload = {
 	},
 };
 
+static int __init ipip_offload_init(void)
+{
+	return inet_add_offload(&ipip_offload, IPPROTO_IPIP);
+}
+
 static int __init ipv4_offload_init(void)
 {
 	/*
@@ -1774,9 +1779,10 @@ static int __init ipv4_offload_init(void)
 		pr_crit("%s: Cannot add UDP protocol offload\n", __func__);
 	if (tcpv4_offload_init() < 0)
 		pr_crit("%s: Cannot add TCP protocol offload\n", __func__);
+	if (ipip_offload_init() < 0)
+		pr_crit("%s: Cannot add IPIP protocol offload\n", __func__);
 
 	dev_add_offload(&ip_packet_offload);
-	inet_add_offload(&ipip_offload, IPPROTO_IPIP);
 	return 0;
 }