diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index fce980d531bdc9..127815273ce3c8 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3196,6 +3196,7 @@ static u16 skb_tx_hash(const struct net_device *dev,
 	}
 
 	if (skb_rx_queue_recorded(skb)) {
+		DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(qcount == 0);
 		hash = skb_get_rx_queue(skb);
 		if (hash >= qoffset)
 			hash -= qoffset;
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/actions.c b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
index ca3ebfdb30231d..a8cf9a88758ef5 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/actions.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ static void do_output(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb, int out_port,
 {
 	struct vport *vport = ovs_vport_rcu(dp, out_port);
 
-	if (likely(vport)) {
+	if (likely(vport && netif_carrier_ok(vport->dev))) {
 		u16 mru = OVS_CB(skb)->mru;
 		u32 cutlen = OVS_CB(skb)->cutlen;