diff --git a/net/l3mdev/l3mdev.c b/net/l3mdev/l3mdev.c
index 4eb8892fb2ff..ca10916340b0 100644
--- a/net/l3mdev/l3mdev.c
+++ b/net/l3mdev/l3mdev.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ int l3mdev_master_upper_ifindex_by_index_rcu(struct net *net, int ifindex)
 
 	dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(net, ifindex);
 	while (dev && !netif_is_l3_master(dev))
-		dev = netdev_master_upper_dev_get(dev);
+		dev = netdev_master_upper_dev_get_rcu(dev);
 
 	return dev ? dev->ifindex : 0;
 }