}
 
 /* called with rcu_read_lock */
-static void neigh_add_path(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+static void neigh_add_path(struct sk_buff *skb, struct neighbour *n, struct net_device *dev)
 {
        struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
        struct ipoib_path *path;
        struct ipoib_neigh *neigh;
-       struct neighbour *n;
        unsigned long flags;
 
-       n = dst_get_neighbour_noref(skb_dst(skb));
        neigh = ipoib_neigh_alloc(n, skb->dev);
        if (!neigh) {
                ++dev->stats.tx_dropped;
 }
 
 /* called with rcu_read_lock */
-static void ipoib_path_lookup(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+static void ipoib_path_lookup(struct sk_buff *skb, struct neighbour *n, struct net_device *dev)
 {
        struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(skb->dev);
-       struct dst_entry *dst = skb_dst(skb);
-       struct neighbour *n;
 
        /* Look up path record for unicasts */
-       n = dst_get_neighbour_noref(dst);
        if (n->ha[4] != 0xff) {
-               neigh_add_path(skb, dev);
+               neigh_add_path(skb, n, dev);
                return;
        }
 
        unsigned long flags;
 
        rcu_read_lock();
-       if (likely(skb_dst(skb)))
+       if (likely(skb_dst(skb))) {
                n = dst_get_neighbour_noref(skb_dst(skb));
-
+               if (!n) {
+                       ++dev->stats.tx_dropped;
+                       dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
+                       goto unlock;
+               }
+       }
        if (likely(n)) {
                if (unlikely(!*to_ipoib_neigh(n))) {
-                       ipoib_path_lookup(skb, dev);
+                       ipoib_path_lookup(skb, n, dev);
                        goto unlock;
                }
 
                        list_del(&neigh->list);
                        ipoib_neigh_free(dev, neigh);
                        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
-                       ipoib_path_lookup(skb, dev);
+                       ipoib_path_lookup(skb, n, dev);
                        goto unlock;
                }