diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
index 7c7caea59d57e5e7c078dc08d2b02e7b81e7b321..3bb93865f7b0931776ca214df52ccdfe4a8e9b3e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c
@@ -5355,11 +5355,10 @@ static bool mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_ipip_type(const struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 static int mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_type_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 				       struct mlxsw_sp_nexthop_group *nh_grp,
 				       struct mlxsw_sp_nexthop *nh,
-				       const struct fib6_info *rt)
+				       const struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	const struct mlxsw_sp_ipip_ops *ipip_ops;
 	struct mlxsw_sp_ipip_entry *ipip_entry;
-	struct net_device *dev = rt->fib6_nh->fib_nh_dev;
 	struct mlxsw_sp_rif *rif;
 	int err;
 
@@ -5417,7 +5416,7 @@ static int mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_init(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
 		return 0;
 	nh->ifindex = dev->ifindex;
 
-	return mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_type_init(mlxsw_sp, nh_grp, nh, rt);
+	return mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_type_init(mlxsw_sp, nh_grp, nh, dev);
 }
 
 static void mlxsw_sp_nexthop6_fini(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,