diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 9424673009c14e..29be2466970cd6 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -105,15 +105,21 @@ static void queue_process(struct work_struct *work)
 	while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&npinfo->txq))) {
 		struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
 		struct netdev_queue *txq;
+		unsigned int q_index;
 
 		if (!netif_device_present(dev) || !netif_running(dev)) {
 			kfree_skb(skb);
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		txq = skb_get_tx_queue(dev, skb);
-
 		local_irq_save(flags);
+		/* check if skb->queue_mapping is still valid */
+		q_index = skb_get_queue_mapping(skb);
+		if (unlikely(q_index >= dev->real_num_tx_queues)) {
+			q_index = q_index % dev->real_num_tx_queues;
+			skb_set_queue_mapping(skb, q_index);
+		}
+		txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, q_index);
 		HARD_TX_LOCK(dev, txq, smp_processor_id());
 		if (netif_xmit_frozen_or_stopped(txq) ||
 		    netpoll_start_xmit(skb, dev, txq) != NETDEV_TX_OK) {