diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index 179fcab..10b24c02 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@
 	case 0:
 		if (vifc->vifc_flags == VIFF_USE_IFINDEX) {
 			dev = dev_get_by_index(net, vifc->vifc_lcl_ifindex);
-			if (dev && dev->ip_ptr == NULL) {
+			if (dev && __in_dev_get_rtnl(dev) == NULL) {
 				dev_put(dev);
 				return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 			}