diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index bcde95cb2a2e..f32be2e301f2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -4041,7 +4041,7 @@ static int vxlan_nl2conf(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[],
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(extack, tb[IFLA_VXLAN_ID], "Cannot change VNI");
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		}
-		conf->vni = cpu_to_be32(nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_VXLAN_ID]));
+		conf->vni = vni;
 	}
 
 	if (data[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP]) {