diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index 77736190dc15..5039486c4f86 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ static void ipip6_tunnel_bind_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (!tdev && tunnel->parms.link)
 		tdev = __dev_get_by_index(tunnel->net, tunnel->parms.link);
 
-	if (tdev) {
+	if (tdev && !netif_is_l3_master(tdev)) {
 		int t_hlen = tunnel->hlen + sizeof(struct iphdr);
 
 		dev->hard_header_len = tdev->hard_header_len + sizeof(struct iphdr);