diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 5aea72fe8498..e9133bcf0544 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -3529,7 +3529,7 @@ int __skb_vlan_pop(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 *vlan_tci);
 int skb_vlan_pop(struct sk_buff *skb);
 int skb_vlan_push(struct sk_buff *skb, __be16 vlan_proto, u16 vlan_tci);
 int skb_mpls_push(struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 mpls_lse, __be16 mpls_proto,
-		  int mac_len);
+		  int mac_len, bool ethernet);
 int skb_mpls_pop(struct sk_buff *skb, __be16 next_proto, int mac_len,
 		 bool ethernet);
 int skb_mpls_update_lse(struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 mpls_lse);
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 312e80e86898..973a71f4bc89 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -5484,7 +5484,7 @@ static void skb_mod_eth_type(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ethhdr *hdr,
  * Returns 0 on success, -errno otherwise.
  */
 int skb_mpls_push(struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 mpls_lse, __be16 mpls_proto,
-		  int mac_len)
+		  int mac_len, bool ethernet)
 {
 	struct mpls_shim_hdr *lse;
 	int err;
@@ -5515,7 +5515,7 @@ int skb_mpls_push(struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 mpls_lse, __be16 mpls_proto,
 	lse->label_stack_entry = mpls_lse;
 	skb_postpush_rcsum(skb, lse, MPLS_HLEN);
 
-	if (skb->dev && skb->dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER)
+	if (ethernet)
 		skb_mod_eth_type(skb, eth_hdr(skb), mpls_proto);
 	skb->protocol = mpls_proto;
 
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/actions.c b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
index 91e210061bb3..4c8395462303 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/actions.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ static int push_mpls(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sw_flow_key *key,
 	int err;
 
 	err = skb_mpls_push(skb, mpls->mpls_lse, mpls->mpls_ethertype,
-			    skb->mac_len);
+			    skb->mac_len,
+			    ovs_key_mac_proto(key) == MAC_PROTO_ETHERNET);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
diff --git a/net/sched/act_mpls.c b/net/sched/act_mpls.c
index a7d856203af1..be3f215cd027 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_mpls.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_mpls.c
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ static int tcf_mpls_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 		break;
 	case TCA_MPLS_ACT_PUSH:
 		new_lse = tcf_mpls_get_lse(NULL, p, !eth_p_mpls(skb->protocol));
-		if (skb_mpls_push(skb, new_lse, p->tcfm_proto, mac_len))
+		if (skb_mpls_push(skb, new_lse, p->tcfm_proto, mac_len,
+				  skb->dev && skb->dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER))
 			goto drop;
 		break;
 	case TCA_MPLS_ACT_MODIFY: