diff --git a/drivers/net/geneve.c b/drivers/net/geneve.c
index d0b7d1b92..420e80417 100755
--- a/drivers/net/geneve.c
+++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c
@@ -1277,7 +1277,6 @@ static void geneve_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 }
 
 static const struct nla_policy geneve_policy[IFLA_GENEVE_MAX + 1] = {
-	[IFLA_GENEVE_UNSPEC]		= { .strict_start_type = IFLA_GENEVE_INNER_PROTO_INHERIT },
 	[IFLA_GENEVE_ID]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[IFLA_GENEVE_REMOTE]		= { .len = sizeof_field(struct iphdr, daddr) },
 	[IFLA_GENEVE_REMOTE6]		= { .len = sizeof(struct in6_addr) },
@@ -1291,7 +1290,6 @@ static const struct nla_policy geneve_policy[IFLA_GENEVE_MAX + 1] = {
 	[IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_RX]	= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[IFLA_GENEVE_TTL_INHERIT]	= { .type = NLA_U8 },
 	[IFLA_GENEVE_DF]		= { .type = NLA_U8 },
-	[IFLA_GENEVE_INNER_PROTO_INHERIT]	= { .type = NLA_FLAG },
 };
 
 static int geneve_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
@@ -1797,7 +1795,6 @@ static size_t geneve_get_size(const struct net_device *dev)
 		nla_total_size(sizeof(__u8)) + /* IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_TX */
 		nla_total_size(sizeof(__u8)) + /* IFLA_GENEVE_UDP_ZERO_CSUM6_RX */
 		nla_total_size(sizeof(__u8)) + /* IFLA_GENEVE_TTL_INHERIT */
-		nla_total_size(0) +	 /* IFLA_GENEVE_INNER_PROTO_INHERIT */
 		0;
 }