diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c
index 7f69e8890b5b..48172bd073a9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ void ovpn_udp_send_skb(struct ovpn_peer *peer, struct sock *sk,
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	/* the encrypted openvpn packet is the UDP tunnel payload */
+	skb_reset_inner_network_header(skb);
+
 	skb->dev = peer->ovpn->dev;
 	skb->mark = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_mark);
 	/* no checksum performed at this layer */