diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index 70da78ab952027523ef08d961c3ec66e444b71ae..65297b9ed74c64a0ccfff7771d9a2f613f107ed0 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ int l2tp_session_register(struct l2tp_session *session,
 		l2tp_tunnel_inc_refcount(tunnel);
 	}
 
+	WRITE_ONCE(session->tunnel, tunnel);
 	hlist_add_head_rcu(&session->hlist, head);
 	spin_unlock_bh(&tunnel->hlist_lock);
 
@@ -698,7 +699,8 @@ void l2tp_recv_common(struct l2tp_session *session, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (!session->lns_mode && !session->send_seq) {
 			trace_session_seqnum_lns_enable(session);
 			session->send_seq = 1;
-			l2tp_session_set_header_len(session, tunnel->version);
+			l2tp_session_set_header_len(session, tunnel->version,
+						    tunnel->encap);
 		}
 	} else {
 		/* No sequence numbers.
@@ -719,7 +721,8 @@ void l2tp_recv_common(struct l2tp_session *session, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (!session->lns_mode && session->send_seq) {
 			trace_session_seqnum_lns_disable(session);
 			session->send_seq = 0;
-			l2tp_session_set_header_len(session, tunnel->version);
+			l2tp_session_set_header_len(session, tunnel->version,
+						    tunnel->encap);
 		} else if (session->send_seq) {
 			pr_debug_ratelimited("%s: recv data has no seq numbers when required. Discarding.\n",
 					     session->name);
@@ -1574,7 +1577,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(l2tp_session_delete);
 /* We come here whenever a session's send_seq, cookie_len or
  * l2specific_type parameters are set.
  */
-void l2tp_session_set_header_len(struct l2tp_session *session, int version)
+void l2tp_session_set_header_len(struct l2tp_session *session, int version,
+				 enum l2tp_encap_type encap)
 {
 	if (version == L2TP_HDR_VER_2) {
 		session->hdr_len = 6;
@@ -1583,7 +1587,7 @@ void l2tp_session_set_header_len(struct l2tp_session *session, int version)
 	} else {
 		session->hdr_len = 4 + session->cookie_len;
 		session->hdr_len += l2tp_get_l2specific_len(session);
-		if (session->tunnel->encap == L2TP_ENCAPTYPE_UDP)
+		if (encap == L2TP_ENCAPTYPE_UDP)
 			session->hdr_len += 4;
 	}
 }
@@ -1597,7 +1601,6 @@ struct l2tp_session *l2tp_session_create(int priv_size, struct l2tp_tunnel *tunn
 	session = kzalloc(sizeof(*session) + priv_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (session) {
 		session->magic = L2TP_SESSION_MAGIC;
-		session->tunnel = tunnel;
 
 		session->session_id = session_id;
 		session->peer_session_id = peer_session_id;
@@ -1633,7 +1636,7 @@ struct l2tp_session *l2tp_session_create(int priv_size, struct l2tp_tunnel *tunn
 			memcpy(&session->peer_cookie[0], &cfg->peer_cookie[0], cfg->peer_cookie_len);
 		}
 
-		l2tp_session_set_header_len(session, tunnel->version);
+		l2tp_session_set_header_len(session, tunnel->version, tunnel->encap);
 
 		refcount_set(&session->ref_count, 1);
 
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
index 91ebf0a3f49975921b9ac4476a400cb6dc68d53a..61f402c3e7f46f0aa8762544896f3bf8c50861b5 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ void l2tp_recv_common(struct l2tp_session *session, struct sk_buff *skb,
 int l2tp_udp_encap_recv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 /* Transmit path helpers for sending packets over the tunnel socket. */
-void l2tp_session_set_header_len(struct l2tp_session *session, int version);
+void l2tp_session_set_header_len(struct l2tp_session *session, int version,
+				 enum l2tp_encap_type encap);
 int l2tp_xmit_skb(struct l2tp_session *session, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 /* Pseudowire management.
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
index a901fd14fe3bfe320951475f5f8a0880c3bdf865..482bd836f074726cd272ed74fa8cf20ab9c01d90 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
@@ -690,8 +690,10 @@ static int l2tp_nl_cmd_session_modify(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *inf
 		session->recv_seq = nla_get_u8(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_RECV_SEQ]);
 
 	if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_SEND_SEQ]) {
+		struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel = session->tunnel;
+
 		session->send_seq = nla_get_u8(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_SEND_SEQ]);
-		l2tp_session_set_header_len(session, session->tunnel->version);
+		l2tp_session_set_header_len(session, tunnel->version, tunnel->encap);
 	}
 
 	if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_LNS_MODE])
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
index 6146e4e67bbb5438ebe9eb0046b1e5dbfce6f7ca..eebec10a156d5f80d74c5b1027dbc66bd908fbab 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
@@ -1203,7 +1203,8 @@ static int pppol2tp_session_setsockopt(struct sock *sk,
 			po->chan.hdrlen = val ? PPPOL2TP_L2TP_HDR_SIZE_SEQ :
 				PPPOL2TP_L2TP_HDR_SIZE_NOSEQ;
 		}
-		l2tp_session_set_header_len(session, session->tunnel->version);
+		l2tp_session_set_header_len(session, session->tunnel->version,
+					    session->tunnel->encap);
 		break;
 
 	case PPPOL2TP_SO_LNSMODE: