diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
index 8d85ecd1ced5fee9af70a9293c5fd75d3606a268..caef8e2c281dbacc70821bf4360ab1d12427c4f2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ int iptunnel_xmit(struct sock *sk, struct rtable *rt, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		  __u8 tos, __u8 ttl, __be16 df, bool xnet)
 {
 	int pkt_len = skb->len - skb_inner_network_offset(skb);
+	struct net *net = dev_net(rt->dst.dev);
 	struct iphdr *iph;
 	int err;
 
@@ -76,8 +77,7 @@ int iptunnel_xmit(struct sock *sk, struct rtable *rt, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	iph->daddr	=	dst;
 	iph->saddr	=	src;
 	iph->ttl	=	ttl;
-	__ip_select_ident(dev_net(rt->dst.dev), iph,
-			  skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs ?: 1);
+	__ip_select_ident(net, iph, skb_shinfo(skb)->gso_segs ?: 1);
 
 	err = ip_local_out(sk, skb);
 	if (unlikely(net_xmit_eval(err)))