diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index b5fbd03418b6..b3b692c4b628 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -2027,13 +2027,11 @@ static int neigh_reduce(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb, __be32 vni)
 	struct vxlan_dev *vxlan = netdev_priv(dev);
 	const struct in6_addr *daddr;
 	const struct ipv6hdr *iphdr;
-	struct inet6_dev *in6_dev;
 	struct neighbour *n;
 	struct nd_msg *msg;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	in6_dev = __in6_dev_get(dev);
-	if (!in6_dev)
+	if (unlikely(!ipv6_mod_enabled()))
 		goto out;
 
 	iphdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);