diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan.h b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan.h
index 924ea98bd5311b1c7197a9fe4e9b475b095069ce..54549a6223dd2f47f493ae112a06f12f3337120f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan.h
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ unsigned int ipvlan_mac_hash(const unsigned char *addr);
 rx_handler_result_t ipvlan_handle_frame(struct sk_buff **pskb);
 int ipvlan_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
 void ipvlan_ht_addr_add(struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan, struct ipvl_addr *addr);
-bool ipvlan_addr_busy(struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan, void *iaddr, bool is_v6);
+struct ipvl_addr *ipvlan_find_addr(const struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan,
+				   const void *iaddr, bool is_v6);
+bool ipvlan_addr_busy(struct ipvl_port *port, void *iaddr, bool is_v6);
 struct ipvl_addr *ipvlan_ht_addr_lookup(const struct ipvl_port *port,
 					const void *iaddr, bool is_v6);
 void ipvlan_ht_addr_del(struct ipvl_addr *addr, bool sync);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
index 568628f95aa25bc8ac678c1ce66d69ed7b7e5851..b7877a194cfe430469af8031c58efdf307eafc4f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
@@ -92,9 +92,9 @@ void ipvlan_ht_addr_del(struct ipvl_addr *addr, bool sync)
 		synchronize_rcu();
 }
 
-bool ipvlan_addr_busy(struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan, void *iaddr, bool is_v6)
+struct ipvl_addr *ipvlan_find_addr(const struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan,
+				   const void *iaddr, bool is_v6)
 {
-	struct ipvl_port *port = ipvlan->port;
 	struct ipvl_addr *addr;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(addr, &ipvlan->addrs, anode) {
@@ -102,12 +102,21 @@ bool ipvlan_addr_busy(struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan, void *iaddr, bool is_v6)
 		    ipv6_addr_equal(&addr->ip6addr, iaddr)) ||
 		    (!is_v6 && addr->atype == IPVL_IPV4 &&
 		    addr->ip4addr.s_addr == ((struct in_addr *)iaddr)->s_addr))
-			return true;
+			return addr;
 	}
+	return NULL;
+}
 
-	if (ipvlan_ht_addr_lookup(port, iaddr, is_v6))
-		return true;
+bool ipvlan_addr_busy(struct ipvl_port *port, void *iaddr, bool is_v6)
+{
+	struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan;
+
+	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
+	list_for_each_entry(ipvlan, &port->ipvlans, pnode) {
+		if (ipvlan_find_addr(ipvlan, iaddr, is_v6))
+			return true;
+	}
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
index aaa005bd21ce16b4fd037e263e00ef4bfa966298..4fa14208d79931df1b5d8707744e93043b951424 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static int ipvlan_add_addr6(struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan, struct in6_addr *ip6_addr)
 {
 	struct ipvl_addr *addr;
 
-	if (ipvlan_addr_busy(ipvlan, ip6_addr, true)) {
+	if (ipvlan_addr_busy(ipvlan->port, ip6_addr, true)) {
 		netif_err(ipvlan, ifup, ipvlan->dev,
 			  "Failed to add IPv6=%pI6c addr for %s intf\n",
 			  ip6_addr, ipvlan->dev->name);
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ static void ipvlan_del_addr6(struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan, struct in6_addr *ip6_addr)
 {
 	struct ipvl_addr *addr;
 
-	addr = ipvlan_ht_addr_lookup(ipvlan->port, ip6_addr, true);
+	addr = ipvlan_find_addr(ipvlan, ip6_addr, true);
 	if (!addr)
 		return;
 
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ static int ipvlan_add_addr4(struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan, struct in_addr *ip4_addr)
 {
 	struct ipvl_addr *addr;
 
-	if (ipvlan_addr_busy(ipvlan, ip4_addr, false)) {
+	if (ipvlan_addr_busy(ipvlan->port, ip4_addr, false)) {
 		netif_err(ipvlan, ifup, ipvlan->dev,
 			  "Failed to add IPv4=%pI4 on %s intf.\n",
 			  ip4_addr, ipvlan->dev->name);
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ static void ipvlan_del_addr4(struct ipvl_dev *ipvlan, struct in_addr *ip4_addr)
 {
 	struct ipvl_addr *addr;
 
-	addr = ipvlan_ht_addr_lookup(ipvlan->port, ip4_addr, false);
+	addr = ipvlan_find_addr(ipvlan, ip4_addr, false);
 	if (!addr)
 		return;