diff --git a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
index 716808f374a8d1..cc098780970b26 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
@@ -1079,14 +1079,15 @@ static void smc_pnet_find_roce_by_pnetid(struct net_device *ndev,
 					 struct smc_init_info *ini)
 {
 	u8 ndev_pnetid[SMC_MAX_PNETID_LEN];
+	struct net_device *base_ndev;
 	struct net *net;
 
-	ndev = pnet_find_base_ndev(ndev);
+	base_ndev = pnet_find_base_ndev(ndev);
 	net = dev_net(ndev);
-	if (smc_pnetid_by_dev_port(ndev->dev.parent, ndev->dev_port,
+	if (smc_pnetid_by_dev_port(base_ndev->dev.parent, base_ndev->dev_port,
 				   ndev_pnetid) &&
 	    smc_pnet_find_ndev_pnetid_by_table(ndev, ndev_pnetid)) {
-		smc_pnet_find_rdma_dev(ndev, ini);
+		smc_pnet_find_rdma_dev(base_ndev, ini);
 		return; /* pnetid could not be determined */
 	}
 	_smc_pnet_find_roce_by_pnetid(ndev_pnetid, ini, NULL, net);