diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c
index e1265fda3035186c052d1a4ef1a8bb0e8a06532f..c811158b9f1c4c1e8d1db18058cb07e730fd8ad1 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_interface.c
@@ -674,12 +674,12 @@ static int xfrmi_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 			   struct nlattr *data[],
 			   struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
-	struct xfrm_if *xi = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
+	struct xfrm_if_parms p;
+	struct xfrm_if *xi;
 
-	xfrmi_netlink_parms(data, &xi->p);
-
-	xi = xfrmi_locate(net, &xi->p);
+	xfrmi_netlink_parms(data, &p);
+	xi = xfrmi_locate(net, &p);
 	if (!xi) {
 		xi = netdev_priv(dev);
 	} else {
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ static int xfrmi_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 			return -EEXIST;
 	}
 
-	return xfrmi_update(xi, &xi->p);
+	return xfrmi_update(xi, &p);
 }
 
 static size_t xfrmi_get_size(const struct net_device *dev)