1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/staging/batman-adv/main.c b/drivers/staging/batman-adv/main.c
index 2686019fe4e1..ef7c20ae7979 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/batman-adv/main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/batman-adv/main.c
@@ -250,10 +250,13 @@ int choose_orig(void *data, int32_t size)
 int is_my_mac(uint8_t *addr)
 {
         struct batman_if *batman_if;
+
         rcu_read_lock();
         list_for_each_entry_rcu(batman_if, &if_list, list) {
-                if ((batman_if->net_dev) &&
-                    (compare_orig(batman_if->net_dev->dev_addr, addr))) {
+                if (batman_if->if_status != IF_ACTIVE)
+                        continue;
+
+                if (compare_orig(batman_if->net_dev->dev_addr, addr)) {
                         rcu_read_unlock();
                         return 1;
                 }