diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_main.c
index c67e7dfd56cc075fa9d8c6ae3e9d1e3f18a1b3a1..a2d08c9ba3c4a9fe49885445c599353d8d2d8085 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_main.c
@@ -6580,11 +6580,12 @@ qeth_hard_header_parse(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *haddr)
 {
 	const struct qeth_card *card;
 	const struct ethhdr *eth;
+	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
 
 	if (dev->type != ARPHRD_IEEE802_TR)
 		return 0;
 
-	card = qeth_get_card_from_dev(skb->dev);
+	card = qeth_get_card_from_dev(dev);
 	if (card->options.layer2)
 		goto haveheader;
 #ifdef CONFIG_QETH_IPV6