diff --git a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
index 0b2a4d0573b3..15627afa4424 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/ioctl.c
@@ -1246,8 +1246,8 @@ static noinline_for_stack int ethtool_get_rxnfc(struct net_device *dev,
 }
 
 static int ethtool_copy_validate_indir(u32 *indir, void __user *useraddr,
-					struct ethtool_rxnfc *rx_rings,
-					u32 size)
+				       int num_rx_rings,
+				       u32 size)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ static int ethtool_copy_validate_indir(u32 *indir, void __user *useraddr,
 
 	/* Validate ring indices */
 	for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
-		if (indir[i] >= rx_rings->data)
+		if (indir[i] >= num_rx_rings)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int ethtool_set_rxfh_indir(struct net_device *dev,
 	} else {
 		ret = ethtool_copy_validate_indir(rxfh_dev.indir,
 						  useraddr + ringidx_offset,
-						  &rx_rings,
+						  rx_rings.data,
 						  rxfh_dev.indir_size);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int ethtool_set_rxfh(struct net_device *dev,
 		rxfh_dev.indir_size = dev_indir_size;
 		ret = ethtool_copy_validate_indir(rxfh_dev.indir,
 						  useraddr + rss_cfg_offset,
-						  &rx_rings,
+						  rx_rings.data,
 						  rxfh.indir_size);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out_free;