diff --git a/orchagent/vxlanorch.cpp b/orchagent/vxlanorch.cpp
index 3e489b7fb1..ebb77302f0 100644
--- a/orchagent/vxlanorch.cpp
+++ b/orchagent/vxlanorch.cpp
@@ -360,6 +360,10 @@ create_tunnel(
         tunnel_attrs.push_back(attr);
     }
 
+    attr.id = SAI_TUNNEL_ATTR_DECAP_TTL_MODE;
+    attr.value.s32 = SAI_TUNNEL_TTL_MODE_PIPE_MODEL;
+    tunnel_attrs.push_back(attr);
+
     sai_object_id_t tunnel_id;
     sai_status_t status = sai_tunnel_api->create_tunnel(
                                 &tunnel_id,
diff --git a/tests/test_vxlan_tunnel.py b/tests/test_vxlan_tunnel.py
index 82de242fb8..d40b33ee50 100644
--- a/tests/test_vxlan_tunnel.py
+++ b/tests/test_vxlan_tunnel.py
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ def check_vxlan_tunnel(dvs, src_ip, dst_ip, tunnel_map_ids, tunnel_map_entry_ids
                         'SAI_TUNNEL_ATTR_PEER_MODE': 'SAI_TUNNEL_PEER_MODE_P2MP',
                         'SAI_TUNNEL_ATTR_ENCAP_SRC_IP': src_ip,
                         'SAI_TUNNEL_ATTR_ENCAP_TTL_MODE': 'SAI_TUNNEL_TTL_MODE_PIPE_MODEL',
+                        'SAI_TUNNEL_ATTR_DECAP_TTL_MODE': 'SAI_TUNNEL_TTL_MODE_PIPE_MODEL',
                         'SAI_TUNNEL_ATTR_ENCAP_TTL_VAL': '255'
                     }
                 )