diff --git a/include/net/route.h b/include/net/route.h
index 1789f1e6640b..da34b6fa9862 100644
--- a/include/net/route.h
+++ b/include/net/route.h
@@ -363,10 +363,15 @@ static inline int inet_iif(const struct sk_buff *skb)
 static inline int ip4_dst_hoplimit(const struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
 	int hoplimit = dst_metric_raw(dst, RTAX_HOPLIMIT);
-	struct net *net = dev_net(dst->dev);
 
-	if (hoplimit == 0)
+	if (hoplimit == 0) {
+		const struct net *net;
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		net = dev_net_rcu(dst->dev);
 		hoplimit = READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_default_ttl);
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+	}
 	return hoplimit;
 }