diff --git a/include/net/addrconf.h b/include/net/addrconf.h
index d1697b587a1add2901a64b2abeed5cf66d6a5894..77f630f12806cba234e62b4764db9b4164636d15 100644
--- a/include/net/addrconf.h
+++ b/include/net/addrconf.h
@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ extern int			ipv6_chk_addr(struct net *net,
 #if defined(CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6) || defined(CONFIG_IPV6_MIP6_MODULE)
 extern int			ipv6_chk_home_addr(struct in6_addr *addr);
 #endif
-extern struct inet6_ifaddr *	ipv6_get_ifaddr(struct in6_addr *addr,
-						struct net_device *dev,
-						int strict);
+extern struct inet6_ifaddr      *ipv6_get_ifaddr(struct net *net,
+						 struct in6_addr *addr,
+						 struct net_device *dev,
+						 int strict);
+
 extern int			ipv6_get_saddr(struct dst_entry *dst, 
 					       struct in6_addr *daddr,
 					       struct in6_addr *saddr);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 41cc31ee297e958fadcfcbea4cb6794741484015..c4df6cdff6504e4bea71e98a72d07ae78d2e9a01 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1247,13 +1247,16 @@ int ipv6_chk_same_addr(struct net *net, const struct in6_addr *addr,
 	return ifp != NULL;
 }
 
-struct inet6_ifaddr * ipv6_get_ifaddr(struct in6_addr *addr, struct net_device *dev, int strict)
+struct inet6_ifaddr *ipv6_get_ifaddr(struct net *net, struct in6_addr *addr,
+				     struct net_device *dev, int strict)
 {
 	struct inet6_ifaddr * ifp;
 	u8 hash = ipv6_addr_hash(addr);
 
 	read_lock_bh(&addrconf_hash_lock);
 	for(ifp = inet6_addr_lst[hash]; ifp; ifp=ifp->lst_next) {
+		if (ifp->idev->dev->nd_net != net)
+			continue;
 		if (ipv6_addr_equal(&ifp->addr, addr)) {
 			if (dev == NULL || ifp->idev->dev == dev ||
 			    !(ifp->scope&(IFA_LINK|IFA_HOST) || strict)) {
@@ -1739,7 +1742,7 @@ void addrconf_prefix_rcv(struct net_device *dev, u8 *opt, int len)
 
 ok:
 
-		ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(&addr, dev, 1);
+		ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(&init_net, &addr, dev, 1);
 
 		if (ifp == NULL && valid_lft) {
 			int max_addresses = in6_dev->cnf.max_addresses;
@@ -3135,7 +3138,7 @@ inet6_rtm_newaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg)
 	/* We ignore other flags so far. */
 	ifa_flags = ifm->ifa_flags & (IFA_F_NODAD | IFA_F_HOMEADDRESS);
 
-	ifa = ipv6_get_ifaddr(pfx, dev, 1);
+	ifa = ipv6_get_ifaddr(net, pfx, dev, 1);
 	if (ifa == NULL) {
 		/*
 		 * It would be best to check for !NLM_F_CREATE here but
@@ -3442,7 +3445,7 @@ static int inet6_rtm_getaddr(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr* nlh,
 	if (ifm->ifa_index)
 		dev = __dev_get_by_index(&init_net, ifm->ifa_index);
 
-	if ((ifa = ipv6_get_ifaddr(addr, dev, 1)) == NULL) {
+	if ((ifa = ipv6_get_ifaddr(net, addr, dev, 1)) == NULL) {
 		err = -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 		goto errout;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index ba7c8aaf27822720e417fdc81db0abce9c57aac4..15c4f6cee3e6e54daf41bec34d5015fb7a5fdf4b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -936,7 +936,8 @@ static int ip6_dst_lookup_tail(struct sock *sk,
 			struct flowi fl_gw;
 			int redirect;
 
-			ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(&fl->fl6_src, (*dst)->dev, 1);
+			ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(&init_net, &fl->fl6_src,
+					      (*dst)->dev, 1);
 
 			redirect = (ifp && ifp->flags & IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC);
 			if (ifp)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index e217d3ff00f3d9ed03bc748bcc9f82e56d4e4abb..bdfc4ea61941e79e817affb8b715e8141084d6c5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ static void ndisc_send_na(struct net_device *dev, struct neighbour *neigh,
 	};
 
 	/* for anycast or proxy, solicited_addr != src_addr */
-	ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(solicited_addr, dev, 1);
+	ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(&init_net, solicited_addr, dev, 1);
 	if (ifp) {
 		src_addr = solicited_addr;
 		if (ifp->flags & IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC)
@@ -616,7 +616,8 @@ void ndisc_send_rs(struct net_device *dev, struct in6_addr *saddr,
 	 * suppress the inclusion of the sllao.
 	 */
 	if (send_sllao) {
-		struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(saddr, dev, 1);
+		struct inet6_ifaddr *ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(&init_net, saddr,
+							   dev, 1);
 		if (ifp) {
 			if (ifp->flags & IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC)  {
 				send_sllao = 0;
@@ -741,7 +742,7 @@ static void ndisc_recv_ns(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	inc = ipv6_addr_is_multicast(daddr);
 
-	if ((ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(&msg->target, dev, 1)) != NULL) {
+	if ((ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(&init_net, &msg->target, dev, 1)) != NULL) {
 
 		if (ifp->flags & (IFA_F_TENTATIVE|IFA_F_OPTIMISTIC)) {
 			if (dad) {
@@ -899,7 +900,7 @@ static void ndisc_recv_na(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			return;
 		}
 	}
-	if ((ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(&msg->target, dev, 1))) {
+	if ((ifp = ipv6_get_ifaddr(&init_net, &msg->target, dev, 1))) {
 		if (ifp->flags & IFA_F_TENTATIVE) {
 			addrconf_dad_failure(ifp);
 			return;