diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 0496f1a8a57d..0b24f51718be 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2985,6 +2985,9 @@ static int vxlan_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (data[IFLA_VXLAN_REMCSUM_NOPARTIAL])
 		conf.flags |= VXLAN_F_REMCSUM_NOPARTIAL;
 
+	if (tb[IFLA_MTU])
+		conf.mtu = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_MTU]);
+
 	err = vxlan_dev_configure(src_net, dev, &conf);
 	switch (err) {
 	case -ENODEV: