diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index 5bc2788e6ba4..c2644405bab1 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -1878,10 +1878,8 @@ static int ip6_tnl_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	ip6_tnl_link_config(t);
-	if (t->parms.collect_md) {
-		dev->features |= NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL;
+	if (t->parms.collect_md)
 		netif_keep_dst(dev);
-	}
 	return 0;
 }