diff --git a/net/bridge/br_forward.c b/net/bridge/br_forward.c
index e19b583ff2c6d077ec2b2b6439a5ef6f68ef0956..19352032180461307d07b4d8c6d8107f39921b10 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_forward.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_forward.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ static inline int should_deliver(const struct net_bridge_port *p,
 
 	vg = nbp_vlan_group_rcu(p);
 	return ((p->flags & BR_HAIRPIN_MODE) || skb->dev != p->dev) &&
-		(br_mst_is_enabled(p->br) || p->state == BR_STATE_FORWARDING) &&
+		(br_mst_is_enabled(p) || p->state == BR_STATE_FORWARDING) &&
 		br_allowed_egress(vg, skb) && nbp_switchdev_allowed_egress(p, skb) &&
 		!br_skb_isolated(p, skb);
 }
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_input.c b/net/bridge/br_input.c
index e09000e38d071d76797bb263a7686c288d0b0ec2..951330c1a813b278bf520b0760e34681aea40378 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_input.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_input.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ int br_handle_frame_finish(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb
 
 	br = p->br;
 
-	if (br_mst_is_enabled(br)) {
+	if (br_mst_is_enabled(p)) {
 		state = BR_STATE_FORWARDING;
 	} else {
 		if (p->state == BR_STATE_DISABLED)
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static rx_handler_result_t br_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb)
 		return RX_HANDLER_PASS;
 
 forward:
-	if (br_mst_is_enabled(p->br))
+	if (br_mst_is_enabled(p))
 		goto defer_stp_filtering;
 
 	switch (p->state) {
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
index 067d47b8eb8ffb0f3e461d0404aa0e7ab226621b..edf6295284e8e48126d02cb0ef5be215daeed1e3 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -1878,10 +1878,12 @@ static inline bool br_vlan_state_allowed(u8 state, bool learn_allow)
 /* br_mst.c */
 #ifdef CONFIG_BRIDGE_VLAN_FILTERING
 DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(br_mst_used);
-static inline bool br_mst_is_enabled(struct net_bridge *br)
+static inline bool br_mst_is_enabled(const struct net_bridge_port *p)
 {
+	/* check the port's vlan group to avoid racing with port deletion */
 	return static_branch_unlikely(&br_mst_used) &&
-		br_opt_get(br, BROPT_MST_ENABLED);
+	       br_opt_get(p->br, BROPT_MST_ENABLED) &&
+	       rcu_access_pointer(p->vlgrp);
 }
 
 int br_mst_set_state(struct net_bridge_port *p, u16 msti, u8 state,
@@ -1896,7 +1898,7 @@ int br_mst_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
 int br_mst_process(struct net_bridge_port *p, const struct nlattr *mst_attr,
 		   struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 #else
-static inline bool br_mst_is_enabled(struct net_bridge *br)
+static inline bool br_mst_is_enabled(const struct net_bridge_port *p)
 {
 	return false;
 }