eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
        ether_setup(dev);
-       if (vxlan->default_dst.remote_ip.sa.sa_family == AF_INET6)
-               dev->needed_headroom = ETH_HLEN + VXLAN6_HEADROOM;
-       else
-               dev->needed_headroom = ETH_HLEN + VXLAN_HEADROOM;
 
        dev->netdev_ops = &vxlan_netdev_ops;
        dev->destructor = free_netdev;
 
                dev->needed_headroom = lowerdev->hard_header_len +
                                       (use_ipv6 ? VXLAN6_HEADROOM : VXLAN_HEADROOM);
-       } else if (use_ipv6)
+       } else if (use_ipv6) {
                vxlan->flags |= VXLAN_F_IPV6;
+               dev->needed_headroom = ETH_HLEN + VXLAN6_HEADROOM;
+       } else {
+               dev->needed_headroom = ETH_HLEN + VXLAN_HEADROOM;
+       }
 
        memcpy(&vxlan->cfg, conf, sizeof(*conf));
        if (!vxlan->cfg.dst_port)