diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
index ca395f9679d0407b3744a0b91278bcce98cfa274..2818015324b8b1598883fb31c67450e01d32b884 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c
@@ -886,7 +886,8 @@ vmxnet3_parse_hdr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct vmxnet3_tx_queue *tq,
 
 			switch (protocol) {
 			case IPPROTO_TCP:
-				ctx->l4_hdr_size = tcp_hdrlen(skb);
+				ctx->l4_hdr_size = skb->encapsulation ? inner_tcp_hdrlen(skb) :
+						   tcp_hdrlen(skb);
 				break;
 			case IPPROTO_UDP:
 				ctx->l4_hdr_size = sizeof(struct udphdr);