diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
index dbb74f3c57a7..18caa9539e6d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@ static void vti6_link_config(struct ip6_tnl *t)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev = t->dev;
 	struct __ip6_tnl_parm *p = &t->parms;
+	struct net_device *tdev = NULL;
 
 	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, &p->laddr, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
 	memcpy(dev->broadcast, &p->raddr, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
@@ -638,6 +639,25 @@ static void vti6_link_config(struct ip6_tnl *t)
 		dev->flags |= IFF_POINTOPOINT;
 	else
 		dev->flags &= ~IFF_POINTOPOINT;
+
+	if (p->flags & IP6_TNL_F_CAP_XMIT) {
+		int strict = (ipv6_addr_type(&p->raddr) &
+			      (IPV6_ADDR_MULTICAST | IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL));
+		struct rt6_info *rt = rt6_lookup(t->net,
+						 &p->raddr, &p->laddr,
+						 p->link, strict);
+
+		if (rt)
+			tdev = rt->dst.dev;
+		ip6_rt_put(rt);
+	}
+
+	if (!tdev && p->link)
+		tdev = __dev_get_by_index(t->net, p->link);
+
+	if (tdev)
+		dev->mtu = max_t(int, tdev->mtu - dev->hard_header_len,
+				 IPV6_MIN_MTU);
 }
 
 /**