diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index ec4f762efda5..94213c891565 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops ipgre_netdev_ops = {
 static void ipgre_tunnel_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	dev->netdev_ops		= &ipgre_netdev_ops;
+	dev->type		= ARPHRD_IPGRE;
 	ip_tunnel_setup(dev, ipgre_net_id);
 }
 
@@ -501,7 +502,6 @@ static int ipgre_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, &iph->saddr, 4);
 	memcpy(dev->broadcast, &iph->daddr, 4);
 
-	dev->type		= ARPHRD_IPGRE;
 	dev->flags		= IFF_NOARP;
 	dev->priv_flags		&= ~IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE;
 	dev->addr_len		= 4;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c b/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
index 687ddef4e574..afcee51b90ed 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops vti_netdev_ops = {
 static void vti_tunnel_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	dev->netdev_ops		= &vti_netdev_ops;
+	dev->type		= ARPHRD_TUNNEL;
 	ip_tunnel_setup(dev, vti_net_id);
 }
 
@@ -348,7 +349,6 @@ static int vti_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	memcpy(dev->dev_addr, &iph->saddr, 4);
 	memcpy(dev->broadcast, &iph->daddr, 4);
 
-	dev->type		= ARPHRD_TUNNEL;
 	dev->hard_header_len	= LL_MAX_HEADER + sizeof(struct iphdr);
 	dev->mtu		= ETH_DATA_LEN;
 	dev->flags		= IFF_NOARP;