diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 2d8efeecf619..055f4bbba86b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -1511,11 +1511,14 @@ nla_put_failure:
 
 static void erspan_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
+	struct ip_tunnel *t = netdev_priv(dev);
+
 	ether_setup(dev);
 	dev->netdev_ops = &erspan_netdev_ops;
 	dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING;
 	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
 	ip_tunnel_setup(dev, erspan_net_id);
+	t->erspan_ver = 1;
 }
 
 static const struct nla_policy ipgre_policy[IFLA_GRE_MAX + 1] = {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index cd2cfb04e5d8..7ec997fcbc43 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -1776,6 +1776,7 @@ static void ip6gre_netlink_parms(struct nlattr *data[],
 	if (data[IFLA_GRE_COLLECT_METADATA])
 		parms->collect_md = true;
 
+	parms->erspan_ver = 1;
 	if (data[IFLA_GRE_ERSPAN_VER])
 		parms->erspan_ver = nla_get_u8(data[IFLA_GRE_ERSPAN_VER]);