diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
index 65d4a8044cb0..38dec9da90d3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
@@ -1106,6 +1106,8 @@ static int __net_init vti6_init_net(struct net *net)
 	ip6n->tnls[0] = ip6n->tnls_wc;
 	ip6n->tnls[1] = ip6n->tnls_r_l;
 
+	if (!net_has_fallback_tunnels(net))
+		return 0;
 	err = -ENOMEM;
 	ip6n->fb_tnl_dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct ip6_tnl), "ip6_vti0",
 					NET_NAME_UNKNOWN, vti6_dev_setup);