diff --git a/include/linux/netpoll.h b/include/linux/netpoll.h
index 907812efb4d9..5d881c388273 100644
--- a/include/linux/netpoll.h
+++ b/include/linux/netpoll.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ void netpoll_set_trap(int trap);
 void __netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np);
 void __netpoll_free_rcu(struct netpoll *np);
 void netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np);
-int __netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb);
+int __netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netpoll_info *npinfo);
 void netpoll_send_skb_on_dev(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			     struct net_device *dev);
 static inline void netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static inline bool netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	spin_lock(&npinfo->rx_lock);
 	/* check rx_flags again with the lock held */
-	if (npinfo->rx_flags && __netpoll_rx(skb))
+	if (npinfo->rx_flags && __netpoll_rx(skb, npinfo))
 		ret = true;
 	spin_unlock(&npinfo->rx_lock);
 
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index dc17f1db1479..d055bb01328b 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -543,13 +543,12 @@ static void arp_reply(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&npinfo->rx_lock, flags);
 }
 
-int __netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb)
+int __netpoll_rx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netpoll_info *npinfo)
 {
 	int proto, len, ulen;
 	int hits = 0;
 	const struct iphdr *iph;
 	struct udphdr *uh;
-	struct netpoll_info *npinfo = skb->dev->npinfo;
 	struct netpoll *np, *tmp;
 
 	if (list_empty(&npinfo->rx_np))