diff --git a/src/vnet/vxlan/vxlan.c b/src/vnet/vxlan/vxlan.c
index f670ee9..1871e5d 100644
--- a/src/vnet/vxlan/vxlan.c
+++ b/src/vnet/vxlan/vxlan.c
@@ -537,7 +537,8 @@
       fib_prefix_t tun_dst_pfx;
       vnet_flood_class_t flood_class = VNET_FLOOD_CLASS_TUNNEL_NORMAL;
 
-      fib_prefix_from_ip46_addr (&t->dst, &tun_dst_pfx);
+      fib_protocol_t fp = fib_ip_proto (is_ip6);
+      fib_prefix_from_ip46_addr (fp, &t->dst, &tun_dst_pfx);
       if (!ip46_address_is_multicast (&t->dst))
 	{
 	  /* Unicast tunnel -
@@ -561,8 +562,6 @@
 	   * with different VNIs, create the output fib adjacency only if
 	   * it does not already exist
 	   */
-	  fib_protocol_t fp = fib_ip_proto (is_ip6);
-
 	  if (vtep_addr_ref (&vxm->vtep_table,
 			     t->encap_fib_index, &t->dst) == 1)
 	    {