diff --git a/drivers/net/geneve.c b/drivers/net/geneve.c
index 240620c5888a..69e31e2a68fc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/geneve.c
+++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c
@@ -1356,11 +1356,21 @@ struct net_device *geneve_dev_create_fb(struct net *net, const char *name,
 
 	err = geneve_configure(net, dev, &geneve_remote_unspec,
 			       0, 0, 0, htons(dst_port), true);
-	if (err) {
-		free_netdev(dev);
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
-	}
+	if (err)
+		goto err;
+
+	/* openvswitch users expect packet sizes to be unrestricted,
+	 * so set the largest MTU we can.
+	 */
+	err = geneve_change_mtu(dev, IP_MAX_MTU);
+	if (err)
+		goto err;
+
 	return dev;
+
+ err:
+	free_netdev(dev);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(geneve_dev_create_fb);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 2f44bc5b20a4..003780901628 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2776,6 +2776,7 @@ static int vxlan_dev_configure(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	int err;
 	bool use_ipv6 = false;
 	__be16 default_port = vxlan->cfg.dst_port;
+	struct net_device *lowerdev = NULL;
 
 	vxlan->net = src_net;
 
@@ -2796,9 +2797,7 @@ static int vxlan_dev_configure(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	if (conf->remote_ifindex) {
-		struct net_device *lowerdev
-			 = __dev_get_by_index(src_net, conf->remote_ifindex);
-
+		lowerdev = __dev_get_by_index(src_net, conf->remote_ifindex);
 		dst->remote_ifindex = conf->remote_ifindex;
 
 		if (!lowerdev) {
@@ -2822,6 +2821,12 @@ static int vxlan_dev_configure(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 		needed_headroom = lowerdev->hard_header_len;
 	}
 
+	if (conf->mtu) {
+		err = __vxlan_change_mtu(dev, lowerdev, dst, conf->mtu, false);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
 	if (use_ipv6 || conf->flags & VXLAN_F_COLLECT_METADATA)
 		needed_headroom += VXLAN6_HEADROOM;
 	else
diff --git a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
index 62a750a6a8f8..af40bc586a1b 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ void ip_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 int ip_tunnel_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ip_tunnel_parm *p, int cmd);
 int ip_tunnel_encap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_tunnel *t,
 		    u8 *protocol, struct flowi4 *fl4);
+int __ip_tunnel_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu, bool strict);
 int ip_tunnel_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu);
 
 struct rtnl_link_stats64 *ip_tunnel_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 7dc962b89fa1..3e4184088082 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -1247,6 +1247,14 @@ struct net_device *gretap_fb_dev_create(struct net *net, const char *name,
 	err = ipgre_newlink(net, dev, tb, NULL);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out;
+
+	/* openvswitch users expect packet sizes to be unrestricted,
+	 * so set the largest MTU we can.
+	 */
+	err = __ip_tunnel_change_mtu(dev, IP_MAX_MTU, false);
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
 	return dev;
 out:
 	free_netdev(dev);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index ce30c8b72457..3310ac75e3f3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -948,17 +948,31 @@ done:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_tunnel_ioctl);
 
-int ip_tunnel_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
+int __ip_tunnel_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu, bool strict)
 {
 	struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int t_hlen = tunnel->hlen + sizeof(struct iphdr);
+	int max_mtu = 0xFFF8 - dev->hard_header_len - t_hlen;
 
-	if (new_mtu < 68 ||
-	    new_mtu > 0xFFF8 - dev->hard_header_len - t_hlen)
+	if (new_mtu < 68)
 		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (new_mtu > max_mtu) {
+		if (strict)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		new_mtu = max_mtu;
+	}
+
 	dev->mtu = new_mtu;
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__ip_tunnel_change_mtu);
+
+int ip_tunnel_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
+{
+	return __ip_tunnel_change_mtu(dev, new_mtu, true);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_tunnel_change_mtu);
 
 static void ip_tunnel_dev_free(struct net_device *dev)
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/vport-vxlan.c b/net/openvswitch/vport-vxlan.c
index d933cb89efac..5eb7694348b5 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/vport-vxlan.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/vport-vxlan.c
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ static struct vport *vxlan_tnl_create(const struct vport_parms *parms)
 	struct vxlan_config conf = {
 		.no_share = true,
 		.flags = VXLAN_F_COLLECT_METADATA | VXLAN_F_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_RX,
+		/* Don't restrict the packets that can be sent by MTU */
+		.mtu = IP_MAX_MTU,
 	};
 
 	if (!options) {