diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 0d862a5077ab..c55e316373a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -871,6 +871,9 @@ static int vxlan_fdb_add(struct ndmsg *ndm, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
+	if (vxlan->default_dst.remote_ip.sa.sa_family != ip.sa.sa_family)
+		return -EAFNOSUPPORT;
+
 	spin_lock_bh(&vxlan->hash_lock);
 	err = vxlan_fdb_create(vxlan, addr, &ip, ndm->ndm_state, flags,
 			       port, vni, ifindex, ndm->ndm_flags);
@@ -2601,9 +2604,10 @@ static int vxlan_newlink(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
 	vni = nla_get_u32(data[IFLA_VXLAN_ID]);
 	dst->remote_vni = vni;
 
+	/* Unless IPv6 is explicitly requested, assume IPv4 */
+	dst->remote_ip.sa.sa_family = AF_INET;
 	if (data[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP]) {
 		dst->remote_ip.sin.sin_addr.s_addr = nla_get_be32(data[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP]);
-		dst->remote_ip.sa.sa_family = AF_INET;
 	} else if (data[IFLA_VXLAN_GROUP6]) {
 		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6))
 			return -EPFNOSUPPORT;