diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 2523001f4c9a..d5a4553bebc3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ static void __inet_del_ifa(struct in_device *in_dev, struct in_ifaddr **ifap,
 	blocking_notifier_call_chain(&inetaddr_chain, NETDEV_DOWN, ifa1);
 
 	if (promote) {
+		struct in_ifaddr *next_sec = promote->ifa_next;
 
 		if (prev_prom) {
 			prev_prom->ifa_next = promote->ifa_next;
@@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ static void __inet_del_ifa(struct in_device *in_dev, struct in_ifaddr **ifap,
 		rtmsg_ifa(RTM_NEWADDR, promote, nlh, pid);
 		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&inetaddr_chain,
 				NETDEV_UP, promote);
-		for (ifa = promote->ifa_next; ifa; ifa = ifa->ifa_next) {
+		for (ifa = next_sec; ifa; ifa = ifa->ifa_next) {
 			if (ifa1->ifa_mask != ifa->ifa_mask ||
 			    !inet_ifa_match(ifa1->ifa_address, ifa))
 					continue;