diff --git a/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h b/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h
index a38c4f1e4e5c..74b369bddf49 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_tunnel.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct ip6_tnl {
 
 	/* These fields used only by GRE */
 	__u32 i_seqno;	/* The last seen seqno	*/
-	__u32 o_seqno;	/* The last output seqno */
+	atomic_t o_seqno;	/* The last output seqno */
 	int hlen;       /* tun_hlen + encap_hlen */
 	int tun_hlen;	/* Precalculated header length */
 	int encap_hlen; /* Encap header length (FOU,GUE) */
diff --git a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
index 88dee57eac8a..c24fa934221d 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ struct ip_tunnel {
 
 	/* These four fields used only by GRE */
 	u32		i_seqno;	/* The last seen seqno	*/
-	u32		o_seqno;	/* The last output seqno */
+	atomic_t	o_seqno;	/* The last output seqno */
 	int		tun_hlen;	/* Precalculated header length */
 
 	/* These four fields used only by ERSPAN */
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index 21a8943f6fa4..aacee9dd771b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ static void __gre_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	/* Push GRE header. */
 	gre_build_header(skb, tunnel->tun_hlen,
 			 flags, proto, tunnel->parms.o_key,
-			 (flags & TUNNEL_SEQ) ? htonl(tunnel->o_seqno++) : 0);
+			 (flags & TUNNEL_SEQ) ? htonl(atomic_fetch_inc(&tunnel->o_seqno)) : 0);
 
 	ip_tunnel_xmit(skb, dev, tnl_params, tnl_params->protocol);
 }
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ static void gre_fb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		(TUNNEL_CSUM | TUNNEL_KEY | TUNNEL_SEQ);
 	gre_build_header(skb, tunnel_hlen, flags, proto,
 			 tunnel_id_to_key32(tun_info->key.tun_id),
-			 (flags & TUNNEL_SEQ) ? htonl(tunnel->o_seqno++) : 0);
+			 (flags & TUNNEL_SEQ) ? htonl(atomic_fetch_inc(&tunnel->o_seqno)) : 0);
 
 	ip_md_tunnel_xmit(skb, dev, IPPROTO_GRE, tunnel_hlen);
 
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static void erspan_fb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	gre_build_header(skb, 8, TUNNEL_SEQ,
-			 proto, 0, htonl(tunnel->o_seqno++));
+			 proto, 0, htonl(atomic_fetch_inc(&tunnel->o_seqno)));
 
 	ip_md_tunnel_xmit(skb, dev, IPPROTO_GRE, tunnel_hlen);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index d9e4ac94eab4..5136959b3dc5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t __gre6_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		gre_build_header(skb, tun_hlen,
 				 flags, protocol,
 				 tunnel_id_to_key32(tun_info->key.tun_id),
-				 (flags & TUNNEL_SEQ) ? htonl(tunnel->o_seqno++)
+				 (flags & TUNNEL_SEQ) ? htonl(atomic_fetch_inc(&tunnel->o_seqno))
 						      : 0);
 
 	} else {
@@ -777,7 +777,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t __gre6_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 		gre_build_header(skb, tunnel->tun_hlen, flags,
 				 protocol, tunnel->parms.o_key,
-				 (flags & TUNNEL_SEQ) ? htonl(tunnel->o_seqno++) : 0);
+				 (flags & TUNNEL_SEQ) ? htonl(atomic_fetch_inc(&tunnel->o_seqno))
+						      : 0);
 	}
 
 	return ip6_tnl_xmit(skb, dev, dsfield, fl6, encap_limit, pmtu,
@@ -1055,7 +1056,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ip6erspan_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	/* Push GRE header. */
 	proto = (t->parms.erspan_ver == 1) ? htons(ETH_P_ERSPAN)
 					   : htons(ETH_P_ERSPAN2);
-	gre_build_header(skb, 8, TUNNEL_SEQ, proto, 0, htonl(t->o_seqno++));
+	gre_build_header(skb, 8, TUNNEL_SEQ, proto, 0, htonl(atomic_fetch_inc(&t->o_seqno)));
 
 	/* TooBig packet may have updated dst->dev's mtu */
 	if (!t->parms.collect_md && dst && dst_mtu(dst) > dst->dev->mtu)