diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h
index 2d178ba..61aee86 100644
--- a/include/linux/netpoll.h
+++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@
 			     struct net_device *dev);
 static inline void netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	unsigned long flags;
+	local_irq_save(flags);
 	netpoll_send_skb_on_dev(np, skb, np->dev);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index d055bb0..174346ac 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 	 MAX_UDP_CHUNK)
 
 static void zap_completion_queue(void);
-static void arp_reply(struct sk_buff *skb);
+static void netpoll_arp_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netpoll_info *npinfo);
 
 static unsigned int carrier_timeout = 4;
 module_param(carrier_timeout, uint, 0644);
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@
 	list_for_each_entry(napi, &dev->napi_list, dev_list) {
 		if (napi->poll_owner != smp_processor_id() &&
 		    spin_trylock(&napi->poll_lock)) {
-			budget = poll_one_napi(dev->npinfo, napi, budget);
+			budget = poll_one_napi(rcu_dereference_bh(dev->npinfo),
+					       napi, budget);
 			spin_unlock(&napi->poll_lock);
 
 			if (!budget)
@@ -185,13 +186,14 @@
 		struct sk_buff *skb;
 
 		while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&npi->arp_tx)))
-			arp_reply(skb);
+			netpoll_arp_reply(skb, npi);
 	}
 }
 
 static void netpoll_poll_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	const struct net_device_ops *ops;
+	struct netpoll_info *ni = rcu_dereference_bh(dev->npinfo);
 
 	if (!dev || !netif_running(dev))
 		return;
@@ -206,17 +208,18 @@
 	poll_napi(dev);
 
 	if (dev->flags & IFF_SLAVE) {
-		if (dev->npinfo) {
+		if (ni) {
 			struct net_device *bond_dev = dev->master;
 			struct sk_buff *skb;
-			while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&dev->npinfo->arp_tx))) {
+			struct netpoll_info *bond_ni = rcu_dereference_bh(bond_dev->npinfo);
+			while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&ni->arp_tx))) {
 				skb->dev = bond_dev;
-				skb_queue_tail(&bond_dev->npinfo->arp_tx, skb);
+				skb_queue_tail(&bond_ni->arp_tx, skb);
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	service_arp_queue(dev->npinfo);
+	service_arp_queue(ni);
 
 	zap_completion_queue();
 }
@@ -302,6 +305,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/* call with IRQ disabled */
 void netpoll_send_skb_on_dev(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			     struct net_device *dev)
 {
@@ -309,8 +313,11 @@
 	unsigned long tries;
 	const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
 	/* It is up to the caller to keep npinfo alive. */
-	struct netpoll_info *npinfo = np->dev->npinfo;
+	struct netpoll_info *npinfo;
 
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled());
+
+	npinfo = rcu_dereference_bh(np->dev->npinfo);
 	if (!npinfo || !netif_running(dev) || !netif_device_present(dev)) {
 		__kfree_skb(skb);
 		return;
@@ -319,11 +326,9 @@
 	/* don't get messages out of order, and no recursion */
 	if (skb_queue_len(&npinfo->txq) == 0 && !netpoll_owner_active(dev)) {
 		struct netdev_queue *txq;
-		unsigned long flags;
 
 		txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, skb_get_queue_mapping(skb));
 
-		local_irq_save(flags);
 		/* try until next clock tick */
 		for (tries = jiffies_to_usecs(1)/USEC_PER_POLL;
 		     tries > 0; --tries) {
@@ -347,10 +352,9 @@
 		}
 
 		WARN_ONCE(!irqs_disabled(),
-			"netpoll_send_skb(): %s enabled interrupts in poll (%pF)\n",
+			"netpoll_send_skb_on_dev(): %s enabled interrupts in poll (%pF)\n",
 			dev->name, ops->ndo_start_xmit);
 
-		local_irq_restore(flags);
 	}
 
 	if (status != NETDEV_TX_OK) {
@@ -423,9 +427,8 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netpoll_send_udp);
 
-static void arp_reply(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static void netpoll_arp_reply(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netpoll_info *npinfo)
 {
-	struct netpoll_info *npinfo = skb->dev->npinfo;
 	struct arphdr *arp;
 	unsigned char *arp_ptr;
 	int size, type = ARPOP_REPLY, ptype = ETH_P_ARP;