diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
index 80ccd6661aa3..fda08e2c7289 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ int skb_tunnel_check_pmtu(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *encap_dst,
 
 	skb_dst_update_pmtu_no_confirm(skb, mtu);
 
-	if (!reply || skb->pkt_type == PACKET_HOST)
+	if (!reply)
 		return 0;
 
 	if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_IP))
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/actions.c b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
index 18d360aaf09b..c517b24b3093 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/actions.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
@@ -926,12 +926,6 @@ static void do_output(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb, int out_port,
 				pskb_trim(skb, ovs_mac_header_len(key));
 		}
 
-		/* Need to set the pkt_type to involve the routing layer.  The
-		 * packet movement through the OVS datapath doesn't generally
-		 * use routing, but this is needed for tunnel cases.
-		 */
-		skb->pkt_type = PACKET_OUTGOING;
-
 		if (likely(!mru ||
 		           (skb->len <= mru + vport->dev->hard_header_len))) {
 			ovs_vport_send(vport, skb, ovs_key_mac_proto(key));