diff --git a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
index ae181651c75a..00bf7c962b7e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/xfrm6_policy.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ static int xfrm6_fill_dst(struct xfrm_dst *xdst, struct net_device *dev,
 	xdst->u.dst.dev = dev;
 	dev_hold(dev);
 
-	xdst->u.rt6.rt6i_idev = in6_dev_get(rt->u.dst.dev);
+	xdst->u.rt6.rt6i_idev = in6_dev_get(dev);
 	if (!xdst->u.rt6.rt6i_idev)
 		return -ENODEV;