diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index f973e0a58993..f502d34bcb40 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -948,6 +948,11 @@ static int ipgre_tunnel_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
 	if (flags & (GRE_VERSION|GRE_ROUTING))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (data[IFLA_GRE_COLLECT_METADATA] &&
+	    data[IFLA_GRE_ENCAP_TYPE] &&
+	    nla_get_u16(data[IFLA_GRE_ENCAP_TYPE]) != TUNNEL_ENCAP_NONE)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	return 0;
 }