diff --git a/include/net/ax25.h b/include/net/ax25.h
index fb95ecb6fe0357de875dd66896b4d48a731927d4..875edbba396d2601fce49e8e1c88f90195b56698 100644
--- a/include/net/ax25.h
+++ b/include/net/ax25.h
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ extern ax25_cb *ax25_send_frame(struct sk_buff *, int, ax25_address *, ax25_addr
 extern void ax25_output(ax25_cb *, int, struct sk_buff *);
 extern void ax25_kick(ax25_cb *);
 extern void ax25_transmit_buffer(ax25_cb *, struct sk_buff *, int);
-extern void ax25_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *);
+extern void ax25_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
 extern int  ax25_check_iframes_acked(ax25_cb *, unsigned short);
 
 /* ax25_route.c */
diff --git a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
index 33b1a376302702fea9de736808a7923b0695e9b1..707097deac3deb4957741204c7944e01521f3c0f 100644
--- a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
+++ b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
@@ -1587,9 +1587,7 @@ static int ax25_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	*asmptr = AX25_UI;
 
 	/* Datagram frames go straight out of the door as UI */
-	skb->dev = ax25->ax25_dev->dev;
-
-	ax25_queue_xmit(skb);
+	ax25_queue_xmit(skb, ax25->ax25_dev->dev);
 
 	err = len;
 
diff --git a/net/ax25/ax25_ip.c b/net/ax25/ax25_ip.c
index 04d711344d559e712f5389315e596684933e1fe1..bba0173e2d6500a44954871389fc5e35396dffa2 100644
--- a/net/ax25/ax25_ip.c
+++ b/net/ax25/ax25_ip.c
@@ -199,9 +199,7 @@ int ax25_rebuild_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		skb = ourskb;
 	}
 
-	skb->dev      = dev;
-
-	ax25_queue_xmit(skb);
+	ax25_queue_xmit(skb, dev);
 
 put:
 	ax25_put_route(route);
diff --git a/net/ax25/ax25_out.c b/net/ax25/ax25_out.c
index 3475a3ac9343e38e2d051402f34676b956fd65cf..94557b1a1fa2acedd47b30c3e51b9733eb02b53a 100644
--- a/net/ax25/ax25_out.c
+++ b/net/ax25/ax25_out.c
@@ -340,21 +340,19 @@ void ax25_transmit_buffer(ax25_cb *ax25, struct sk_buff *skb, int type)
 
 	ax25_addr_build(ptr, &ax25->source_addr, &ax25->dest_addr, ax25->digipeat, type, ax25->modulus);
 
-	skb->dev = ax25->ax25_dev->dev;
-
-	ax25_queue_xmit(skb);
+	ax25_queue_xmit(skb, ax25->ax25_dev->dev);
 }
 
 /*
  *	A small shim to dev_queue_xmit to add the KISS control byte, and do
  *	any packet forwarding in operation.
  */
-void ax25_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb)
+void ax25_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	unsigned char *ptr;
 
 	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_AX25);
-	skb->dev      = ax25_fwd_dev(skb->dev);
+	skb->dev      = ax25_fwd_dev(dev);
 
 	ptr  = skb_push(skb, 1);
 	*ptr = 0x00;			/* KISS */
diff --git a/net/ax25/ax25_subr.c b/net/ax25/ax25_subr.c
index 8cf72707af8bbcf7ede4fcf1775887cbe910df6e..99694b57f6f565d36f6787f58c8faa43cced25d2 100644
--- a/net/ax25/ax25_subr.c
+++ b/net/ax25/ax25_subr.c
@@ -220,9 +220,7 @@ void ax25_return_dm(struct net_device *dev, ax25_address *src, ax25_address *des
 	dptr  = skb_push(skb, ax25_addr_size(digi));
 	dptr += ax25_addr_build(dptr, dest, src, &retdigi, AX25_RESPONSE, AX25_MODULUS);
 
-	skb->dev      = dev;
-
-	ax25_queue_xmit(skb);
+	ax25_queue_xmit(skb, dev);
 }
 
 /*