1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index 630a56df7b47..c757f0b4b74c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -469,8 +469,18 @@ static int vif_add(struct net *net, struct vifctl *vifc, int mrtsock)
                         return err;
                 }
                 break;
+
+        case VIFF_USE_IFINDEX:
         case 0:
-                dev = ip_dev_find(net, vifc->vifc_lcl_addr.s_addr);
+                if (vifc->vifc_flags == VIFF_USE_IFINDEX) {
+                        dev = dev_get_by_index(net, vifc->vifc_lcl_ifindex);
+                        if (dev && dev->ip_ptr == NULL) {
+                                dev_put(dev);
+                                return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+                        }
+                } else
+                        dev = ip_dev_find(net, vifc->vifc_lcl_addr.s_addr);
+
                 if (!dev)
                         return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
                 err = dev_set_allmulti(dev, 1);