return;
 
        /* need to send the NA on the VLAN dev, if any */
-       if (tci)
+       rcu_read_lock();
+       if (tci) {
                netdev = __vlan_find_dev_deep(dev->net, htons(ETH_P_8021Q),
                                              tci);
-       else
+               if (!netdev) {
+                       rcu_read_unlock();
+                       return;
+               }
+       } else {
                netdev = dev->net;
-       if (!netdev)
-               return;
+       }
+       dev_hold(netdev);
+       rcu_read_unlock();
 
        in6_dev = in6_dev_get(netdev);
        if (!in6_dev)
-               return;
+               goto out;
        is_router = !!in6_dev->cnf.forwarding;
        in6_dev_put(in6_dev);
 
                                 true /* solicited */,
                                 false /* override */,
                                 true /* inc_opt */);
+out:
+       dev_put(netdev);
 }
 
 static bool is_neigh_solicit(u8 *buf, size_t len)