diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index a78fd61da0ec..c801212ee40e 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1307,6 +1307,31 @@ static u32 rtnl_get_event(unsigned long event)
 	return rtnl_event_type;
 }
 
+static int put_master_ifindex(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	const struct net_device *upper_dev;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+
+	upper_dev = netdev_master_upper_dev_get_rcu(dev);
+	if (upper_dev)
+		ret = nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_MASTER, upper_dev->ifindex);
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int nla_put_iflink(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	int ifindex = dev_get_iflink(dev);
+
+	if (dev->ifindex == ifindex)
+		return 0;
+
+	return nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_LINK, ifindex);
+}
+
 static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			    int type, u32 pid, u32 seq, u32 change,
 			    unsigned int flags, u32 ext_filter_mask,
@@ -1316,7 +1341,6 @@ static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
 	struct nlattr *af_spec;
 	struct rtnl_af_ops *af_ops;
-	struct net_device *upper_dev = netdev_master_upper_dev_get(dev);
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, type, sizeof(*ifm), flags);
@@ -1345,10 +1369,8 @@ static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 #ifdef CONFIG_RPS
 	    nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_NUM_RX_QUEUES, dev->num_rx_queues) ||
 #endif
-	    (dev->ifindex != dev_get_iflink(dev) &&
-	     nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_LINK, dev_get_iflink(dev))) ||
-	    (upper_dev &&
-	     nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_MASTER, upper_dev->ifindex)) ||
+	    nla_put_iflink(skb, dev) ||
+	    put_master_ifindex(skb, dev) ||
 	    nla_put_u8(skb, IFLA_CARRIER, netif_carrier_ok(dev)) ||
 	    (dev->qdisc &&
 	     nla_put_string(skb, IFLA_QDISC, dev->qdisc->ops->id)) ||