diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index 68e52308e552..98b7327d0949 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -1018,6 +1018,7 @@ static void ipip6_tunnel_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->hard_header_len 	= LL_MAX_HEADER + sizeof(struct iphdr);
 	dev->mtu		= ETH_DATA_LEN - sizeof(struct iphdr);
 	dev->flags		= IFF_NOARP;
+	dev->priv_flags	       &= ~IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE;
 	dev->iflink		= 0;
 	dev->addr_len		= 4;
 	dev->features		|= NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL;