diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index baf51ae08e59..de560cd3e7e5 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d3d317092b58a6df1d31a4ca90cdb9d2bd4ebffa
+refs/heads/master: 5f2f6da76c429c42d54f73807f00b8fd761a7d68
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/dev.c b/trunk/net/core/dev.c
index 048cf1197872..daca72e6b37b 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3745,11 +3745,13 @@ static int dev_ifsioc(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, unsigned int cmd)
 {
 	int err;
 	struct net_device *dev = __dev_get_by_name(net, ifr->ifr_name);
-	const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+	const struct net_device_ops *ops;
 
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	ops = dev->netdev_ops;
+
 	switch (cmd) {
 		case SIOCSIFFLAGS:	/* Set interface flags */
 			return dev_change_flags(dev, ifr->ifr_flags);