req->params = htons(L2T_W_PORT(e->lport) | L2T_W_NOREPLY(!sync));
        req->l2t_idx = htons(e->idx);
        req->vlan = htons(e->vlan);
-       if (e->neigh)
+       if (e->neigh && !(e->neigh->dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK))
                memcpy(e->dmac, e->neigh->ha, sizeof(e->dmac));
        memcpy(req->dst_mac, e->dmac, sizeof(req->dst_mac));
 
        if (e) {
                spin_lock(&e->lock);          /* avoid race with t4_l2t_free */
                e->state = L2T_STATE_RESOLVING;
+               if (neigh->dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK)
+                       memcpy(e->dmac, physdev->dev_addr, sizeof(e->dmac));
                memcpy(e->addr, addr, addr_len);
                e->ifindex = ifidx;
                e->hash = hash;