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diff --git a/include/net/addrconf.h b/include/net/addrconf.h
index 378d601258be..8312cc25a3af 100644
--- a/include/net/addrconf.h
+++ b/include/net/addrconf.h
@@ -308,6 +308,20 @@ static inline struct inet6_dev *__in6_dev_get(const struct net_device *dev)
}
/**
+ * __in6_dev_get_safely - get inet6_dev pointer from netdevice
+ * @dev: network device
+ *
+ * This is a safer version of __in6_dev_get
+ */
+static inline struct inet6_dev *__in6_dev_get_safely(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ if (likely(dev))
+ return rcu_dereference_rtnl(dev->ip6_ptr);
+ else
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
* in6_dev_get - get inet6_dev pointer from netdevice
* @dev: network device
*