diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index c01511e3d0c14a417f4ac025749405c061446e19..37c881070963aec33f184dac0341f7862877ca3b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -574,6 +574,8 @@ struct net_device *dev_getbyhwaddr(unsigned short type, char *ha)
 	return dev;
 }
 
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_getbyhwaddr);
+
 struct net_device *dev_getfirstbyhwtype(unsigned short type)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev;
diff --git a/net/llc/af_llc.c b/net/llc/af_llc.c
index a75b8f2aab1949e75db4208d086cdbcfe6f155a4..0607cd3fd12ce995d3a6723cfbd45365a0bd4873 100644
--- a/net/llc/af_llc.c
+++ b/net/llc/af_llc.c
@@ -296,6 +296,12 @@ static int llc_ui_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addrlen)
 	rc = -EAFNOSUPPORT;
 	if (unlikely(addr->sllc_family != AF_LLC))
 		goto out;
+	rc = -ENODEV;
+	rtnl_lock();
+	llc->dev = dev_getbyhwaddr(addr->sllc_arphrd, addr->sllc_mac);
+	rtnl_unlock();
+	if (!llc->dev)
+		goto out;
 	if (!addr->sllc_sap) {
 		rc = -EUSERS;
 		addr->sllc_sap = llc_ui_autoport();