1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index b7c7dfd86507..020e43bfef5f 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1425,9 +1425,6 @@ static int rtnetlink_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, voi
         struct net_device *dev = ptr;
 
         switch (event) {
-        case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
-                rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_DELLINK, dev, ~0U);
-                break;
         case NETDEV_UP:
         case NETDEV_DOWN:
                 rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, IFF_UP|IFF_RUNNING);
@@ -1437,6 +1434,7 @@ static int rtnetlink_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, voi
         case NETDEV_REGISTER:
         case NETDEV_CHANGE:
         case NETDEV_GOING_DOWN:
+        case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
         case NETDEV_UNREGISTER_BATCH:
                 break;
         default: