diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index ac9fabe0300f..d3fbad422e0e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -623,6 +623,7 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			tunnel->err_count = 0;
 	}
 
+	tos = ip_tunnel_ecn_encap(tos, inner_iph, skb);
 	ttl = tnl_params->ttl;
 	if (ttl == 0) {
 		if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
@@ -651,8 +652,7 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	err = iptunnel_xmit(rt, skb, fl4.saddr, fl4.daddr, protocol,
-			    ip_tunnel_ecn_encap(tos, inner_iph, skb), ttl, df,
-			    !net_eq(tunnel->net, dev_net(dev)));
+			    tos, ttl, df, !net_eq(tunnel->net, dev_net(dev)));
 	iptunnel_xmit_stats(err, &dev->stats, dev->tstats);
 
 	return;