diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index 3b5669a2582df03c1f1b896991fba664e137d62e..d27c797f9f05e76b82317d1a73818e0a7557bdf3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -875,6 +875,7 @@ static struct sk_buff **ipv6_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 		skb_reset_transport_header(skb);
 		__skb_push(skb, skb_gro_offset(skb));
 
+		ops = rcu_dereference(inet6_protos[proto]);
 		if (!ops || !ops->gro_receive)
 			goto out_unlock;