diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index c79a88be7c33813c494bc3694229b943f2fc4d9e..fa8b47637997cd4eef3f0e791ce8bf5b48b34a85 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2059,12 +2059,12 @@ static inline void skb_bond_set_mac_by_master(struct sk_buff *skb,
  * duplicates except for 802.3ad ETH_P_SLOW, alb non-mcast/bcast, and
  * ARP on active-backup slaves with arp_validate enabled.
  */
-static inline int skb_bond_should_drop(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static inline int skb_bond_should_drop(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				       struct net_device *master)
 {
-	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
-	struct net_device *master = dev->master;
-
 	if (master) {
+		struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
+
 		if (master->priv_flags & IFF_MASTER_ARPMON)
 			dev->last_rx = jiffies;
 
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_core.c b/net/8021q/vlan_core.c
index c0316e0ca6e854724ccb6dc07e1441dd697e7277..c584a0af77d3efaf436a1cc07413fcfa31f442e1 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan_core.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan_core.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ int __vlan_hwaccel_rx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct vlan_group *grp,
 	if (netpoll_rx(skb))
 		return NET_RX_DROP;
 
-	if (skb_bond_should_drop(skb))
+	if (skb_bond_should_drop(skb, ACCESS_ONCE(skb->dev->master)))
 		goto drop;
 
 	skb->skb_iif = skb->dev->ifindex;
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ vlan_gro_common(struct napi_struct *napi, struct vlan_group *grp,
 {
 	struct sk_buff *p;
 
-	if (skb_bond_should_drop(skb))
+	if (skb_bond_should_drop(skb, ACCESS_ONCE(skb->dev->master)))
 		goto drop;
 
 	skb->skb_iif = skb->dev->ifindex;
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index bcc490cc9452f3e87273836ef406c54608c49084..59d4394d2ce8ba24271e50ea0016033e6b42ab24 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2483,6 +2483,7 @@ int netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct packet_type *ptype, *pt_prev;
 	struct net_device *orig_dev;
+	struct net_device *master;
 	struct net_device *null_or_orig;
 	struct net_device *null_or_bond;
 	int ret = NET_RX_DROP;
@@ -2503,11 +2504,12 @@ int netif_receive_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	null_or_orig = NULL;
 	orig_dev = skb->dev;
-	if (orig_dev->master) {
-		if (skb_bond_should_drop(skb))
+	master = ACCESS_ONCE(orig_dev->master);
+	if (master) {
+		if (skb_bond_should_drop(skb, master))
 			null_or_orig = orig_dev; /* deliver only exact match */
 		else
-			skb->dev = orig_dev->master;
+			skb->dev = master;
 	}
 
 	__get_cpu_var(netdev_rx_stat).total++;