diff --git a/net/ipv4/arp.c b/net/ipv4/arp.c
index 6879e0b70c76..ef6932188679 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/arp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/arp.c
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ static int arp_req_set_public(struct net *net, struct arpreq *r,
 	if (mask && mask != htonl(0xFFFFFFFF))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!dev && (r->arp_flags & ATF_COM)) {
-		dev = dev_getbyhwaddr_rcu(net, r->arp_ha.sa_family,
+		dev = dev_getbyhwaddr(net, r->arp_ha.sa_family,
 				      r->arp_ha.sa_data);
 		if (!dev)
 			return -ENODEV;