diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
index 0cf706699a04..c5f03fa70fba 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.c
@@ -1758,6 +1758,8 @@ static void qeth_l3_free_vlan_addresses4(struct qeth_card *card,
 	QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 4, "frvaddr4");
 
 	netdev = __vlan_find_dev_deep(card->dev, vid);
+	if (!netdev)
+		return;
 	in_dev = in_dev_get(netdev);
 	if (!in_dev)
 		return;
@@ -1786,6 +1788,8 @@ static void qeth_l3_free_vlan_addresses6(struct qeth_card *card,
 	QETH_CARD_TEXT(card, 4, "frvaddr6");
 
 	netdev = __vlan_find_dev_deep(card->dev, vid);
+	if (!netdev)
+		return;
 	in6_dev = in6_dev_get(netdev);
 	if (!in6_dev)
 		return;