diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 236a45557ba1858f70d95300b8a9239026ecda61..eea970f0a5e8f6856dcb6673a2b35970ad3c2529 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -637,6 +637,8 @@ static void rt6_probe(struct fib6_nh *fib6_nh)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	last_probe = READ_ONCE(fib6_nh->last_probe);
 	idev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
+	if (!idev)
+		goto out;
 	neigh = __ipv6_neigh_lookup_noref(dev, nh_gw);
 	if (neigh) {
 		if (READ_ONCE(neigh->nud_state) & NUD_VALID)