diff --git a/include/net/lwtunnel.h b/include/net/lwtunnel.h
index 6ceb0ff6c353..ed1cd431e2b3 100644
--- a/include/net/lwtunnel.h
+++ b/include/net/lwtunnel.h
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ int lwtunnel_build_state(u16 encap_type,
 			 unsigned int family, const void *cfg,
 			 struct lwtunnel_state **lws,
 			 struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
-int lwtunnel_fill_encap(struct sk_buff *skb,
-			struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate);
+int lwtunnel_fill_encap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate,
+			int encap_attr, int encap_type_attr);
 int lwtunnel_get_encap_size(struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate);
 struct lwtunnel_state *lwtunnel_state_alloc(int hdr_len);
 int lwtunnel_cmp_encap(struct lwtunnel_state *a, struct lwtunnel_state *b);
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ static inline int lwtunnel_build_state(u16 encap_type,
 }
 
 static inline int lwtunnel_fill_encap(struct sk_buff *skb,
-				      struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate)
+				      struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate,
+				      int encap_attr, int encap_type_attr)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/net/core/lwtunnel.c b/net/core/lwtunnel.c
index 80c30cd5744a..727fa73d4c7a 100644
--- a/net/core/lwtunnel.c
+++ b/net/core/lwtunnel.c
@@ -223,7 +223,8 @@ void lwtstate_free(struct lwtunnel_state *lws)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(lwtstate_free);
 
-int lwtunnel_fill_encap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate)
+int lwtunnel_fill_encap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate,
+			int encap_attr, int encap_type_attr)
 {
 	const struct lwtunnel_encap_ops *ops;
 	struct nlattr *nest;
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ int lwtunnel_fill_encap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate)
 	    lwtstate->type > LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_MAX)
 		return 0;
 
-	nest = nla_nest_start(skb, RTA_ENCAP);
+	nest = nla_nest_start(skb, encap_attr);
 	if (!nest)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ int lwtunnel_fill_encap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate)
 	if (ret)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
-	ret = nla_put_u16(skb, RTA_ENCAP_TYPE, lwtstate->type);
+	ret = nla_put_u16(skb, encap_type_attr, lwtstate->type);
 	if (ret)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
index 0dcb25449900..3120582dd29a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c
@@ -1363,7 +1363,8 @@ int fib_nexthop_info(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct fib_nh_common *nhc,
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	if (nhc->nhc_lwtstate &&
-	    lwtunnel_fill_encap(skb, nhc->nhc_lwtstate) < 0)
+	    lwtunnel_fill_encap(skb, nhc->nhc_lwtstate,
+				RTA_ENCAP, RTA_ENCAP_TYPE) < 0)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	return 0;