/* If the queue is getting long, don't wait any longer for packets
           before the start of the queue. */
-       if (skb_queue_len(&ppp->mrq) >= PPP_MP_MAX_QLEN
-           && seq_before(ppp->minseq, ppp->mrq.next->sequence))
-               ppp->minseq = ppp->mrq.next->sequence;
+       if (skb_queue_len(&ppp->mrq) >= PPP_MP_MAX_QLEN) {
+               struct sk_buff *skb = skb_peek(&ppp->mrq);
+               if (seq_before(ppp->minseq, skb->sequence))
+                       ppp->minseq = skb->sequence;
+       }
 
        /* Pull completed packets off the queue and receive them. */
        while ((skb = ppp_mp_reconstruct(ppp)))