int     (*walk)(struct net *, struct sk_buff *,
                        struct netlink_callback *, int, const struct tc_action_ops *);
        void    (*stats_update)(struct tc_action *, u64, u32, u64);
+       int     (*get_dev)(const struct tc_action *a, struct net *net,
+                          struct net_device **mirred_dev);
 };
 
 struct tc_action_net {
 
        .notifier_call = mirred_device_event,
 };
 
+static int tcf_mirred_device(const struct tc_action *a, struct net *net,
+                            struct net_device **mirred_dev)
+{
+       int ifindex = tcf_mirred_ifindex(a);
+
+       *mirred_dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, ifindex);
+       if (!mirred_dev)
+               return -EINVAL;
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static struct tc_action_ops act_mirred_ops = {
        .kind           =       "mirred",
        .type           =       TCA_ACT_MIRRED,
        .walk           =       tcf_mirred_walker,
        .lookup         =       tcf_mirred_search,
        .size           =       sizeof(struct tcf_mirred),
+       .get_dev        =       tcf_mirred_device,
 };
 
 static __net_init int mirred_init_net(struct net *net)