diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 61bd50adead1..ac27c86ef6d1 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -244,11 +244,15 @@ static void __fanout_link(struct sock *sk, struct packet_sock *po);
 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;
 	}
@@ -266,10 +270,13 @@ static void __unregister_prot_hook(struct sock *sk, bool sync)
 	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) {
@@ -2052,12 +2059,24 @@ static int tpacket_fill_skb(struct packet_sock *po, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	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;
@@ -2070,7 +2089,7 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
 	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 {
@@ -2084,19 +2103,17 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
 		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));
 
@@ -2173,8 +2190,7 @@ out_status:
 	__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;
@@ -2212,7 +2228,6 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock,
 	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 };
@@ -2228,7 +2243,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock,
 	 */
 
 	if (saddr == NULL) {
-		dev = po->prot_hook.dev;
+		dev	= packet_cached_dev_get(po);
 		proto	= po->num;
 		addr	= NULL;
 	} else {
@@ -2240,19 +2255,17 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock,
 		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;
+	err = -ENETDOWN;
+	if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & IFF_UP)))
+		goto out_unlock;
+
 	if (sock->type == SOCK_RAW)
 		reserve = dev->hard_header_len;
-
-	err = -ENETDOWN;
-	if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))
-		goto out_unlock;
-
 	if (po->has_vnet_hdr) {
 		vnet_hdr_len = sizeof(vnet_hdr);
 
@@ -2386,15 +2399,14 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock,
 	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;
@@ -2614,6 +2626,7 @@ static int packet_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 	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);
diff --git a/net/packet/internal.h b/net/packet/internal.h
index c4e4b4561207..1035fa2d909c 100644
--- a/net/packet/internal.h
+++ b/net/packet/internal.h
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ struct packet_sock {
 	unsigned int		tp_loss:1;
 	unsigned int		tp_tx_has_off:1;
 	unsigned int		tp_tstamp;
+	struct net_device __rcu	*cached_dev;
 	struct packet_type	prot_hook ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp;
 };