diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_core.c b/net/8021q/vlan_core.c
index 4a78c4de9f20..6ee48aac776f 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan_core.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan_core.c
@@ -91,7 +91,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__vlan_find_dev_deep);
 
 struct net_device *vlan_dev_real_dev(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	return vlan_dev_priv(dev)->real_dev;
+	struct net_device *ret = vlan_dev_priv(dev)->real_dev;
+
+	while (is_vlan_dev(ret))
+		ret = vlan_dev_priv(ret)->real_dev;
+
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vlan_dev_real_dev);