diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index e831fe203442..be3c2bc2cd9a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -2159,9 +2159,11 @@ static bool route_shortcircuit(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 
 	if (n) {
+		u8 haddr[ETH_ALEN];
 		bool diff;
 
-		diff = !ether_addr_equal(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest, n->ha);
+		neigh_ha_snapshot(haddr, n, dev);
+		diff = !ether_addr_equal_unaligned(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest, haddr);
 		if (diff) {
 			if (skb_cow_head(skb, 0)) {
 				neigh_release(n);
@@ -2169,7 +2171,7 @@ static bool route_shortcircuit(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			}
 			memcpy(eth_hdr(skb)->h_source, eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest,
 				dev->addr_len);
-			memcpy(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest, n->ha, dev->addr_len);
+			memcpy(eth_hdr(skb)->h_dest, haddr, dev->addr_len);
 		}
 		neigh_release(n);
 		return diff;