diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index d7bb94c48345..d55110e93120 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -835,8 +835,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t ipgre_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev
 	if (skb_headroom(skb) < max_headroom || skb_shared(skb)||
 	    (skb_cloned(skb) && !skb_clone_writable(skb, 0))) {
 		struct sk_buff *new_skb = skb_realloc_headroom(skb, max_headroom);
-		if (max_headroom > dev->needed_headroom)
-			dev->needed_headroom = max_headroom;
 		if (!new_skb) {
 			ip_rt_put(rt);
 			dev->stats.tx_dropped++;