1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 73e87c7b4377..d70e4a3a49f2 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6313,7 +6313,8 @@ static struct hlist_head *netdev_create_hash(void)
 /* Initialize per network namespace state */
 static int __net_init netdev_init(struct net *net)
 {
-        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&net->dev_base_head);
+        if (net != &init_net)
+                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&net->dev_base_head);
 
         net->dev_name_head = netdev_create_hash();
         if (net->dev_name_head == NULL)