diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
index 575f9bd..b007f8a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
@@ -206,10 +206,11 @@
 		struct sk_buff *head = qp->q.fragments;
 
 		/* Send an ICMP "Fragment Reassembly Timeout" message. */
-		if ((head->dev = dev_get_by_index(net, qp->iif)) != NULL) {
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		head->dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(net, qp->iif);
+		if (head->dev)
 			icmp_send(head, ICMP_TIME_EXCEEDED, ICMP_EXC_FRAGTIME, 0);
-			dev_put(head->dev);
-		}
+		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 out:
 	spin_unlock(&qp->q.lock);