diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 5209ee9aac4784..2aae11feff0c22 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@ static void vxlan_encap_bypass(struct sk_buff *skb, struct vxlan_dev *src_vxlan,
 	struct pcpu_sw_netstats *tx_stats, *rx_stats;
 	union vxlan_addr loopback;
 	union vxlan_addr *remote_ip = &dst_vxlan->default_dst.remote_ip;
-	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
+	struct net_device *dev;
 	int len = skb->len;
 
 	tx_stats = this_cpu_ptr(src_vxlan->dev->tstats);
@@ -2239,9 +2239,15 @@ static void vxlan_encap_bypass(struct sk_buff *skb, struct vxlan_dev *src_vxlan,
 #endif
 	}
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	dev = skb->dev;
+	if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		goto drop;
+	}
+
 	if (dst_vxlan->cfg.flags & VXLAN_F_LEARN)
-		vxlan_snoop(skb->dev, &loopback, eth_hdr(skb)->h_source, 0,
-			    vni);
+		vxlan_snoop(dev, &loopback, eth_hdr(skb)->h_source, 0, vni);
 
 	u64_stats_update_begin(&tx_stats->syncp);
 	tx_stats->tx_packets++;
@@ -2254,8 +2260,10 @@ static void vxlan_encap_bypass(struct sk_buff *skb, struct vxlan_dev *src_vxlan,
 		rx_stats->rx_bytes += len;
 		u64_stats_update_end(&rx_stats->syncp);
 	} else {
+drop:
 		dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
 	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static int encap_bypass_if_local(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,