diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 08deba679c8c..07c5cf1838d8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -1149,6 +1149,10 @@ struct net_device *gretap_fb_dev_create(struct net *net, const char *name,
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
+	err = rtnl_configure_link(dev, NULL);
+	if (err < 0)
+		goto out;
+
 	return dev;
 out:
 	ip_tunnel_dellink(dev, &list_kill);