1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index a2dee80e1fb8..d6ec71f9d2d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2681,10 +2681,12 @@ static int vxlan_lowerdev_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
                                 unsigned long event, void *ptr)
 {
         struct net_device *dev = netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(ptr);
-        struct vxlan_net *vn = net_generic(dev_net(dev), vxlan_net_id);
+        struct vxlan_net *vn;
 
-        if (event == NETDEV_UNREGISTER)
+        if (event == NETDEV_UNREGISTER) {
+                vn = net_generic(dev_net(dev), vxlan_net_id);
                 vxlan_handle_lowerdev_unregister(vn, dev);
+        }
 
         return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }