diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c b/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
index c35e0aa57e66c..a3df032522a92 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ static int vti_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, &iph->saddr, 4);
 	memcpy(dev->broadcast, &iph->daddr, 4);
 
-	dev->mtu		= ETH_DATA_LEN;
 	dev->flags		= IFF_NOARP;
 	dev->iflink		= 0;
 	dev->addr_len		= 4;