1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.c b/net/8021q/vlan.c
index 467069b73ce1..9649579b5b9f 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ static int register_vlan_device(struct net_device *real_dev, u16 vlan_id)
         return 0;
 
 out_free_newdev:
-        free_netdev(new_dev);
+        if (new_dev->reg_state == NETREG_UNINITIALIZED)
+                free_netdev(new_dev);
         return err;
 }