diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index ebc98bb17a51088acecc1174b6ea3e39256f6bed..84a86cbb31b95425e74a2311396d88409017a09e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2822,17 +2822,21 @@ static int __vxlan_sock_add(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan, bool ipv6)
 
 static int vxlan_sock_add(struct vxlan_dev *vxlan)
 {
-	bool ipv6 = vxlan->flags & VXLAN_F_IPV6;
 	bool metadata = vxlan->flags & VXLAN_F_COLLECT_METADATA;
+	bool ipv6 = vxlan->flags & VXLAN_F_IPV6 || metadata;
+	bool ipv4 = !ipv6 || metadata;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(vxlan->vn4_sock, NULL);
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 	RCU_INIT_POINTER(vxlan->vn6_sock, NULL);
-	if (ipv6 || metadata)
+	if (ipv6) {
 		ret = __vxlan_sock_add(vxlan, true);
+		if (ret < 0 && ret != -EAFNOSUPPORT)
+			ipv4 = false;
+	}
 #endif
-	if (!ret && (!ipv6 || metadata))
+	if (ipv4)
 		ret = __vxlan_sock_add(vxlan, false);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		vxlan_sock_release(vxlan);