diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
index 76717478f1733fb753c067efaa5dd210320e0261..ed42153d8615e95fdffda9ee5b9eaa633f2afa11 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
@@ -414,15 +414,11 @@ static struct sk_buff *ndisc_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
 {
 	int hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);
 	int tlen = dev->needed_tailroom;
-	struct sock *sk = dev_net(dev)->ipv6.ndisc_sk;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
 	skb = alloc_skb(hlen + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr) + len + tlen, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (!skb) {
-		ND_PRINTK(0, err, "ndisc: %s failed to allocate an skb\n",
-			  __func__);
+	if (!skb)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IPV6);
 	skb->dev = dev;
@@ -433,7 +429,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *ndisc_alloc_skb(struct net_device *dev,
 	/* Manually assign socket ownership as we avoid calling
 	 * sock_alloc_send_pskb() to bypass wmem buffer limits
 	 */
-	skb_set_owner_w(skb, sk);
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	skb_set_owner_w(skb, dev_net_rcu(dev)->ipv6.ndisc_sk);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return skb;
 }