diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 289c2314d76668..5440b7b705eb17 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3718,7 +3718,7 @@ void *netdev_lower_get_next_private_rcu(struct net_device *dev,
 void *netdev_lower_get_next(struct net_device *dev,
 				struct list_head **iter);
 #define netdev_for_each_lower_dev(dev, ldev, iter) \
-	for (iter = &(dev)->adj_list.lower, \
+	for (iter = (dev)->adj_list.lower.next, \
 	     ldev = netdev_lower_get_next(dev, &(iter)); \
 	     ldev; \
 	     ldev = netdev_lower_get_next(dev, &(iter)))
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index e15e6e6a7a8add..0ef061b2badcd1 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5379,12 +5379,12 @@ void *netdev_lower_get_next(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head **iter)
 {
 	struct netdev_adjacent *lower;
 
-	lower = list_entry((*iter)->next, struct netdev_adjacent, list);
+	lower = list_entry(*iter, struct netdev_adjacent, list);
 
 	if (&lower->list == &dev->adj_list.lower)
 		return NULL;
 
-	*iter = &lower->list;
+	*iter = lower->list.next;
 
 	return lower->dev;
 }