if (type & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL) {
                        if (!addr->v6.sin6_scope_id)
                                return 0;
-                       dev = dev_get_by_index(&init_net, addr->v6.sin6_scope_id);
-                       if (!dev)
-                               return 0;
-                       if (!ipv6_chk_addr(&init_net, &addr->v6.sin6_addr,
+                       rcu_read_lock();
+                       dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(&init_net,
+                                                  addr->v6.sin6_scope_id);
+                       if (!dev ||
+                           !ipv6_chk_addr(&init_net, &addr->v6.sin6_addr,
                                           dev, 0)) {
-                               dev_put(dev);
+                               rcu_read_unlock();
                                return 0;
                        }
-                       dev_put(dev);
+                       rcu_read_unlock();
                } else if (type == IPV6_ADDR_MAPPED) {
                        if (!opt->v4mapped)
                                return 0;
                if (type & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL) {
                        if (!addr->v6.sin6_scope_id)
                                return 0;
-                       dev = dev_get_by_index(&init_net, addr->v6.sin6_scope_id);
+                       rcu_read_lock();
+                       dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(&init_net,
+                                                  addr->v6.sin6_scope_id);
+                       rcu_read_unlock();
                        if (!dev)
                                return 0;
-                       dev_put(dev);
                }
                af = opt->pf->af;
        }