diff --git a/drivers/net/bareudp.c b/drivers/net/bareudp.c
index 4acca20084d3..2b03967c140c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bareudp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bareudp.c
@@ -513,6 +513,9 @@ static int bareudp_fill_metadata_dst(struct net_device *dev,
 		struct in6_addr saddr;
 		struct socket *sock = rcu_dereference(bareudp->sock);
 
+		if (!sock)
+			return -ESHUTDOWN;
+
 		dst = udp_tunnel6_dst_lookup(skb, dev, bareudp->net, sock,
 					     &saddr, info, IPPROTO_UDP,
 					     use_cache);