diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index f4001763134da35ed5f0f04bc2836015bb15a4af..e3eeed19cc7a130e80e24a3d67776a5b5a3c2698 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2658,13 +2658,6 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
 		dev = dev_get_by_index(sock_net(&po->sk), saddr->sll_ifindex);
 	}
 
-	sockc.tsflags = po->sk.sk_tsflags;
-	if (msg->msg_controllen) {
-		err = sock_cmsg_send(&po->sk, msg, &sockc);
-		if (unlikely(err))
-			goto out;
-	}
-
 	err = -ENXIO;
 	if (unlikely(dev == NULL))
 		goto out;
@@ -2672,6 +2665,13 @@ static int tpacket_snd(struct packet_sock *po, struct msghdr *msg)
 	if (unlikely(!(dev->flags & IFF_UP)))
 		goto out_put;
 
+	sockc.tsflags = po->sk.sk_tsflags;
+	if (msg->msg_controllen) {
+		err = sock_cmsg_send(&po->sk, msg, &sockc);
+		if (unlikely(err))
+			goto out_put;
+	}
+
 	if (po->sk.sk_socket->type == SOCK_RAW)
 		reserve = dev->hard_header_len;
 	size_max = po->tx_ring.frame_size