diff --git a/net/core/flow.c b/net/core/flow.c
index 7fae13537b6b..707fb7b952e8 100644
--- a/net/core/flow.c
+++ b/net/core/flow.c
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static int flow_cache_percpu_empty(struct flow_cache *fc, int cpu)
 	struct flow_cache_percpu *fcp;
 	int i;
 
-	fcp = &per_cpu(*fc->percpu, cpu);
+	fcp = per_cpu_ptr(fc->percpu, cpu);
 	for (i = 0; i < flow_cache_hash_size(fc); i++)
 		if (!hlist_empty(&fcp->hash_table[i]))
 			return 0;