diff --git a/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h b/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h
index a5593dab6af7..8648519f4555 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ int ip6_tnl_xmit_ctl(struct ip6_tnl *t);
 __u16 ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim(struct sk_buff *skb, __u8 *raw);
 __u32 ip6_tnl_get_cap(struct ip6_tnl *t, const struct in6_addr *laddr,
 			     const struct in6_addr *raddr);
+struct net *ip6_tnl_get_link_net(const struct net_device *dev);
 
 static inline void ip6tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
diff --git a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
index 7f538ba6e267..c92a99b5b77e 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ struct ip_tunnel_net {
 int ip_tunnel_init(struct net_device *dev);
 void ip_tunnel_uninit(struct net_device *dev);
 void  ip_tunnel_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head);
+struct net *ip_tunnel_get_link_net(const struct net_device *dev);
 int ip_tunnel_init_net(struct net *net, int ip_tnl_net_id,
 		       struct rtnl_link_ops *ops, char *devname);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 0485ef18d254..c75974986053 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -827,6 +827,7 @@ static struct rtnl_link_ops ipgre_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.dellink	= ip_tunnel_dellink,
 	.get_size	= ipgre_get_size,
 	.fill_info	= ipgre_fill_info,
+	.get_link_net	= ip_tunnel_get_link_net,
 };
 
 static struct rtnl_link_ops ipgre_tap_ops __read_mostly = {
@@ -841,6 +842,7 @@ static struct rtnl_link_ops ipgre_tap_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.dellink	= ip_tunnel_dellink,
 	.get_size	= ipgre_get_size,
 	.fill_info	= ipgre_fill_info,
+	.get_link_net	= ip_tunnel_get_link_net,
 };
 
 static int __net_init ipgre_tap_init_net(struct net *net)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
index b75b47b0a223..a8ab238d0df4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c
@@ -954,6 +954,14 @@ void ip_tunnel_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_tunnel_dellink);
 
+struct net *ip_tunnel_get_link_net(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	return tunnel->net;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip_tunnel_get_link_net);
+
 int ip_tunnel_init_net(struct net *net, int ip_tnl_net_id,
 				  struct rtnl_link_ops *ops, char *devname)
 {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c b/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
index e453cb724a95..93862411669c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_vti.c
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ static struct rtnl_link_ops vti_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.changelink	= vti_changelink,
 	.get_size	= vti_get_size,
 	.fill_info	= vti_fill_info,
+	.get_link_net	= ip_tunnel_get_link_net,
 };
 
 static int __init vti_init(void)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipip.c b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
index ea88ab3102a8..406910d04b1b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipip.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipip.c
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@ static struct rtnl_link_ops ipip_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.dellink	= ip_tunnel_dellink,
 	.get_size	= ipip_get_size,
 	.fill_info	= ipip_fill_info,
+	.get_link_net	= ip_tunnel_get_link_net,
 };
 
 static struct xfrm_tunnel ipip_handler __read_mostly = {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 9a0a1aafe727..10981f568250 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -1659,6 +1659,7 @@ static struct rtnl_link_ops ip6gre_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.dellink	= ip6gre_dellink,
 	.get_size	= ip6gre_get_size,
 	.fill_info	= ip6gre_fill_info,
+	.get_link_net	= ip6_tnl_get_link_net,
 };
 
 static struct rtnl_link_ops ip6gre_tap_ops __read_mostly = {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index e01bd0399297..b86d9f4ea5ec 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -1699,6 +1699,14 @@ nla_put_failure:
 	return -EMSGSIZE;
 }
 
+struct net *ip6_tnl_get_link_net(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	struct ip6_tnl *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	return tunnel->net;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip6_tnl_get_link_net);
+
 static const struct nla_policy ip6_tnl_policy[IFLA_IPTUN_MAX + 1] = {
 	[IFLA_IPTUN_LINK]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[IFLA_IPTUN_LOCAL]		= { .len = sizeof(struct in6_addr) },
@@ -1722,6 +1730,7 @@ static struct rtnl_link_ops ip6_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.dellink	= ip6_tnl_dellink,
 	.get_size	= ip6_tnl_get_size,
 	.fill_info	= ip6_tnl_fill_info,
+	.get_link_net	= ip6_tnl_get_link_net,
 };
 
 static struct xfrm6_tunnel ip4ip6_handler __read_mostly = {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
index 7f52fd9fa7b0..88e8aadcfac1 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_vti.c
@@ -988,6 +988,7 @@ static struct rtnl_link_ops vti6_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.changelink	= vti6_changelink,
 	.get_size	= vti6_get_size,
 	.fill_info	= vti6_fill_info,
+	.get_link_net	= ip6_tnl_get_link_net,
 };
 
 static void __net_exit vti6_destroy_tunnels(struct vti6_net *ip6n)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index 0d4e27466f82..02ef387811be 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -1765,6 +1765,7 @@ static struct rtnl_link_ops sit_link_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.get_size	= ipip6_get_size,
 	.fill_info	= ipip6_fill_info,
 	.dellink	= ipip6_dellink,
+	.get_link_net	= ip_tunnel_get_link_net,
 };
 
 static struct xfrm_tunnel sit_handler __read_mostly = {
