{
        /* Extract metadata from packet. */
        if (tun_info) {
-               if (ip_tunnel_info_af(tun_info) != AF_INET)
-                       return -EINVAL;
+               key->tun_proto = ip_tunnel_info_af(tun_info);
                memcpy(&key->tun_key, &tun_info->key, sizeof(key->tun_key));
 
                if (tun_info->options_len) {
                        key->tun_opts_len = 0;
                }
        } else  {
+               key->tun_proto = 0;
                key->tun_opts_len = 0;
                memset(&key->tun_key, 0, sizeof(key->tun_key));
        }
 
                u32     skb_mark;       /* SKB mark. */
                u16     in_port;        /* Input switch port (or DP_MAX_PORTS). */
        } __packed phy; /* Safe when right after 'tun_key'. */
+       u8 tun_proto;                   /* Protocol of encapsulating tunnel. */
        u32 ovs_flow_hash;              /* Datapath computed hash value.  */
        u32 recirc_id;                  /* Recirculation ID.  */
        struct {
 
        }
 
        SW_FLOW_KEY_PUT(match, tun_key.tun_flags, tun_flags, is_mask);
+       if (is_mask)
+               SW_FLOW_KEY_MEMSET_FIELD(match, tun_proto, 0xff, true);
+       else
+               SW_FLOW_KEY_PUT(match, tun_proto, AF_INET, false);
 
        if (rem > 0) {
                OVS_NLERR(log, "IPv4 tunnel attribute has %d unknown bytes.",
                        /* The userspace does not send tunnel attributes that
                         * are 0, but we should not wildcard them nonetheless.
                         */
-                       if (match->key->tun_key.u.ipv4.dst)
+                       if (match->key->tun_proto)
                                SW_FLOW_KEY_MEMSET_FIELD(match, tun_key,
                                                         0xff, true);
 
        if (nla_put_u32(skb, OVS_KEY_ATTR_PRIORITY, output->phy.priority))
                goto nla_put_failure;
 
-       if ((swkey->tun_key.u.ipv4.dst || is_mask)) {
+       if ((swkey->tun_proto || is_mask)) {
                const void *opts = NULL;
 
                if (output->tun_key.tun_flags & TUNNEL_OPTIONS_PRESENT)
 
        tun_info = &tun_dst->u.tun_info;
        tun_info->mode = IP_TUNNEL_INFO_TX;
+       if (key.tun_proto == AF_INET6)
+               tun_info->mode |= IP_TUNNEL_INFO_IPV6;
        tun_info->key = key.tun_key;
 
        /* We need to store the options in the action itself since