diff --git a/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c b/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c
index 37fe9a644f22f29d2fdd360f1f6bd63a22cd2680..808d2dd4a8394556744b694f3684745d876e1001 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ bool batadv_gw_out_of_range(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 {
 	struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_curr = NULL;
 	struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_old = NULL;
-	struct batadv_orig_node *orig_dst_node;
+	struct batadv_orig_node *orig_dst_node = NULL;
 	struct batadv_gw_node *gw_node = NULL;
 	struct batadv_gw_node *curr_gw = NULL;
 	struct batadv_neigh_ifinfo *curr_ifinfo, *old_ifinfo;
@@ -757,6 +757,9 @@ bool batadv_gw_out_of_range(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 	vid = batadv_get_vid(skb, 0);
 
+	if (is_multicast_ether_addr(ethhdr->h_dest))
+		goto out;
+
 	orig_dst_node = batadv_transtable_search(bat_priv, ethhdr->h_source,
 						 ethhdr->h_dest, vid);
 	if (!orig_dst_node)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/multicast.c b/net/batman-adv/multicast.c
index d70640135e3ab2a925c8eab23ef918f6e81c016a..ee56af5c43e00801eb5a55fc7f91f0f5057b84e3 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/multicast.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/multicast.c
@@ -814,8 +814,8 @@ static struct batadv_orig_node *
 batadv_mcast_forw_tt_node_get(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 			      struct ethhdr *ethhdr)
 {
-	return batadv_transtable_search(bat_priv, ethhdr->h_source,
-					ethhdr->h_dest, BATADV_NO_FLAGS);
+	return batadv_transtable_search(bat_priv, NULL, ethhdr->h_dest,
+					BATADV_NO_FLAGS);
 }
 
 /**