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-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 5be499b6a2d2..ab293a3066b3 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2162,7 +2162,14 @@ replay:
}
err = rtnl_configure_link(dev, ifm);
if (err < 0) {
- unregister_netdevice(dev);
+ if (ops->newlink) {
+ LIST_HEAD(list_kill);
+
+ ops->dellink(dev, &list_kill);
+ unregister_netdevice_many(&list_kill);
+ } else {
+ unregister_netdevice(dev);
+ }
goto out;
}