static void register_prot_hook(struct sock *sk)
 {
        struct packet_sock *po = pkt_sk(sk);
+
        if (!po->running) {
-               if (po->fanout)
+               if (po->fanout) {
                        __fanout_link(sk, po);
-               else
+               } else {
                        dev_add_pack(&po->prot_hook);
+                       rcu_assign_pointer(po->cached_dev, po->prot_hook.dev);
+               }
+
                sock_hold(sk);
                po->running = 1;
        }
        struct packet_sock *po = pkt_sk(sk);
 
        po->running = 0;
-       if (po->fanout)
+       if (po->fanout) {
                __fanout_unlink(sk, po);
-       else
+       } else {
                __dev_remove_pack(&po->prot_hook);
+               RCU_INIT_POINTER(po->cached_dev, NULL);
+       }
+
        __sock_put(sk);
 
        if (sync) {
        return tp_len;
 }
 
+static struct net_device *packet_cached_dev_get(struct packet_sock *po)
+{
+       struct net_device *dev;
+
+       rcu_read_lock();
+       dev = rcu_dereference(po->cached_dev);
+       if (dev)
+               dev_hold(dev);
+       rcu_read_unlock();
+
+       return dev;
+}
+
 static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
 {
        struct sk_buff *skb;
        struct net_device *dev;
        __be16 proto;
-       bool need_rls_dev = false;
        int err, reserve = 0;
        void *ph;
        struct sockaddr_ll *saddr = (struct sockaddr_ll *)msg->msg_name;
        mutex_lock(&po->pg_vec_lock);
 
        if (saddr == NULL) {
-               dev = po->prot_hook.dev;
+               dev     = packet_cached_dev_get(po);
                proto   = po->num;
                addr    = NULL;
        } else {
                proto   = saddr->sll_protocol;
                addr    = saddr->sll_addr;
                dev = dev_get_by_index(sock_net(&po->sk), saddr->sll_ifindex);
-               need_rls_dev = true;
        }
 
        err = -ENXIO;
        if (unlikely(dev == NULL))
                goto out;
-
-       reserve = dev->hard_header_len;
-
        err = -ENETDOWN;
        if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & IFF_UP)))
                goto out_put;
 
+       reserve = dev->hard_header_len;
+
        size_max = po->tx_ring.frame_size
                - (po->tp_hdrlen - sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll));
 
        __packet_set_status(po, ph, status);
        kfree_skb(skb);
 out_put:
-       if (need_rls_dev)
-               dev_put(dev);
+       dev_put(dev);
 out:
        mutex_unlock(&po->pg_vec_lock);
        return err;
        struct sk_buff *skb;
        struct net_device *dev;
        __be16 proto;
-       bool need_rls_dev = false;
        unsigned char *addr;
        int err, reserve = 0;
        struct virtio_net_hdr vnet_hdr = { 0 };
         */
 
        if (saddr == NULL) {
-               dev = po->prot_hook.dev;
+               dev     = packet_cached_dev_get(po);
                proto   = po->num;
                addr    = NULL;
        } else {
                proto   = saddr->sll_protocol;
                addr    = saddr->sll_addr;
                dev = dev_get_by_index(sock_net(sk), saddr->sll_ifindex);
-               need_rls_dev = true;
        }
 
        err = -ENXIO;
-       if (dev == NULL)
+       if (unlikely(dev == NULL))
                goto out_unlock;
-       if (sock->type == SOCK_RAW)
-               reserve = dev->hard_header_len;
-
        err = -ENETDOWN;
-       if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))
+       if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & IFF_UP)))
                goto out_unlock;
 
+       if (sock->type == SOCK_RAW)
+               reserve = dev->hard_header_len;
        if (po->has_vnet_hdr) {
                vnet_hdr_len = sizeof(vnet_hdr);
 
        if (err > 0 && (err = net_xmit_errno(err)) != 0)
                goto out_unlock;
 
-       if (need_rls_dev)
-               dev_put(dev);
+       dev_put(dev);
 
        return len;
 
 out_free:
        kfree_skb(skb);
 out_unlock:
-       if (dev && need_rls_dev)
+       if (dev)
                dev_put(dev);
 out:
        return err;
        po = pkt_sk(sk);
        sk->sk_family = PF_PACKET;
        po->num = proto;
+       RCU_INIT_POINTER(po->cached_dev, NULL);
 
        sk->sk_destruct = packet_sock_destruct;
        sk_refcnt_debug_inc(sk);