diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c
index cc2a12f735d3..13d7499131d4 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/irdma/utils.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ int irdma_net_event(struct notifier_block *notifier, unsigned long event,
 		    void *ptr)
 {
 	struct neighbour *neigh = ptr;
-	struct net_device *real_dev, *netdev = (struct net_device *)neigh->dev;
+	struct net_device *real_dev, *netdev;
 	struct irdma_device *iwdev;
 	struct ib_device *ibdev;
 	__be32 *p;
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ int irdma_net_event(struct notifier_block *notifier, unsigned long event,
 
 	switch (event) {
 	case NETEVENT_NEIGH_UPDATE:
+		netdev = neigh->dev;
 		real_dev = rdma_vlan_dev_real_dev(netdev);
 		if (!real_dev)
 			real_dev = netdev;