diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index a8f338dc0dfa177b4bb2af9a1f5d68f621f13033..225bfc80811225e5a334950c95c5578c2ae678a1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -1676,7 +1676,7 @@ static int macvlan_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
 						struct macvlan_dev,
 						list);
 
-		if (macvlan_sync_address(vlan->dev, dev->dev_addr))
+		if (vlan && macvlan_sync_address(vlan->dev, dev->dev_addr))
 			return NOTIFY_BAD;
 
 		break;