1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
index 43f89ba0a908..fe89c4660d55 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
@@ -717,11 +717,13 @@ static int ipoib_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
         struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
         struct ipoib_neigh *neigh;
-        struct neighbour *n;
+        struct neighbour *n = NULL;
         unsigned long flags;
 
-        n = dst_get_neighbour(skb_dst(skb));
-        if (likely(skb_dst(skb) && n)) {
+        if (likely(skb_dst(skb)))
+                n = dst_get_neighbour(skb_dst(skb));
+
+        if (likely(n)) {
                 if (unlikely(!*to_ipoib_neigh(n))) {
                         ipoib_path_lookup(skb, dev);
                         return NETDEV_TX_OK;