diff --git a/net/core/gro.c b/net/core/gro.c
index 0ad549b07e03..40aaac4e04f3 100644
--- a/net/core/gro.c
+++ b/net/core/gro.c
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ static void napi_gro_complete(struct napi_struct *napi, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* NICs can feed encapsulated packets into GRO */
+	skb->encapsulation = 0;
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ptype, head, list) {
 		if (ptype->type != type || !ptype->callbacks.gro_complete)