1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 7874303220c5..137d1892395d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -428,8 +428,9 @@ no_promotions:
                 if (prev_prom) {
                         struct in_ifaddr *last_sec;
 
-                        last_sec = rtnl_dereference(last_prim->ifa_next);
                         rcu_assign_pointer(prev_prom->ifa_next, next_sec);
+
+                        last_sec = rtnl_dereference(last_prim->ifa_next);
                         rcu_assign_pointer(promote->ifa_next, last_sec);
                         rcu_assign_pointer(last_prim->ifa_next, promote);
                 }