diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 5aa7d5091f4d..4d97a7b5fe3c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -3494,7 +3494,6 @@ static int vxlan_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	struct vxlan_rdst *dst = &vxlan->default_dst;
 	struct vxlan_rdst old_dst;
 	struct vxlan_config conf;
-	struct vxlan_fdb *f = NULL;
 	int err;
 
 	err = vxlan_nl2conf(tb, data,
@@ -3520,19 +3519,19 @@ static int vxlan_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 					   old_dst.remote_ifindex, 0);
 
 		if (!vxlan_addr_any(&dst->remote_ip)) {
-			err = vxlan_fdb_create(vxlan, all_zeros_mac,
+			err = vxlan_fdb_update(vxlan, all_zeros_mac,
 					       &dst->remote_ip,
 					       NUD_REACHABLE | NUD_PERMANENT,
+					       NLM_F_APPEND | NLM_F_CREATE,
 					       vxlan->cfg.dst_port,
 					       dst->remote_vni,
 					       dst->remote_vni,
 					       dst->remote_ifindex,
-					       NTF_SELF, &f);
+					       NTF_SELF);
 			if (err) {
 				spin_unlock_bh(&vxlan->hash_lock);
 				return err;
 			}
-			vxlan_fdb_notify(vxlan, f, first_remote_rtnl(f), RTM_NEWNEIGH);
 		}
 		spin_unlock_bh(&vxlan->hash_lock);
 	}