1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 666e0928ba40..8de36824018d 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2416,6 +2416,9 @@ void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned int change,
 {
         struct sk_buff *skb;
 
+        if (dev->reg_state != NETREG_REGISTERED)
+                return;
+
         skb = rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb(type, dev, change, flags);
         if (skb)
                 rtmsg_ifinfo_send(skb, dev, flags);