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diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index e95c2933756d..87182a4272bf 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -784,6 +784,13 @@ put_noaddr:
if (err)
goto put;
rtnl_unlock();
+
+ /* Make sure all NAPI polls which started before dev->npinfo
+ * was visible have exited before we start calling NAPI poll.
+ * NAPI skips locking if dev->npinfo is NULL.
+ */
+ synchronize_rcu();
+
return 0;
put: