diff --git a/net/tipc/eth_media.c b/net/tipc/eth_media.c
index 06488195f998..120a676a3360 100644
--- a/net/tipc/eth_media.c
+++ b/net/tipc/eth_media.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ static int send_msg(struct sk_buff *buf, struct tipc_bearer *tb_ptr,
 
 	skb_reset_network_header(clone);
 	clone->dev = dev;
+	clone->protocol = htons(ETH_P_TIPC);
 	dev_hard_header(clone, dev, ETH_P_TIPC, dest->value,
 			dev->dev_addr, clone->len);
 	dev_queue_xmit(clone);