diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 84faace50ac2..3f4a17fa5713 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -319,6 +319,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t __netpoll_send_skb(struct netpoll *np, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
 
 	dev = np->dev;
+	/* npinfo->txq belongs to np->dev, so retries must stay bound to it. */
+	skb->dev = dev;
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	npinfo = rcu_dereference_bh(dev->npinfo);