diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index 44d3e6ab0c7d4f9b270c38e016fc85b19a27092a..6df3f4aadf641b5d6d40fbd3f6cf366beef54c1c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -1684,7 +1684,7 @@ void ndisc_send_redirect(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct in6_addr *target)
 	bool ret;
 
 	if (netif_is_l3_master(skb->dev)) {
-		dev = __dev_get_by_index(dev_net(skb->dev), IPCB(skb)->iif);
+		dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(dev_net(skb->dev), IPCB(skb)->iif);
 		if (!dev)
 			return;
 	}