diff --git a/net/can/bcm.c b/net/can/bcm.c
index 6f747582718ed28464b4eaa2bd45740939c13506..969b7cdff59d9480e4a7a77cbff72acb0e12eae7 100644
--- a/net/can/bcm.c
+++ b/net/can/bcm.c
@@ -1084,6 +1084,9 @@ static int bcm_rx_setup(struct bcm_msg_head *msg_head, struct msghdr *msg,
 		op->sk = sk;
 		op->ifindex = ifindex;
 
+		/* ifindex for timeout events w/o previous frame reception */
+		op->rx_ifindex = ifindex;
+
 		/* initialize uninitialized (kzalloc) structure */
 		hrtimer_init(&op->timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
 		op->timer.function = bcm_rx_timeout_handler;