diff --git a/drivers/net/geneve.c b/drivers/net/geneve.c
index 086c2dae4c3d9..305a04e45a131 100644
--- a/drivers/net/geneve.c
+++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c
@@ -1532,6 +1532,10 @@ struct net_device *geneve_dev_create_fb(struct net *net, const char *name,
 	if (err)
 		goto err;
 
+	err = rtnl_configure_link(dev, NULL);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto err;
+
 	return dev;
 
  err: