1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 11a0ba47b67..027f7aba26a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -486,12 +486,14 @@ static unsigned int tun_chr_poll(struct file *file, poll_table * wait)
 {
         struct tun_file *tfile = file->private_data;
         struct tun_struct *tun = __tun_get(tfile);
-        struct sock *sk = tun->sk;
+        struct sock *sk;
         unsigned int mask = 0;
 
         if (!tun)
                 return POLLERR;
 
+        sk = tun->sk;
+
         DBG(KERN_INFO "%s: tun_chr_poll\n", tun->dev->name);
 
         poll_wait(file, &tun->socket.wait, wait);
@@ -1324,20 +1326,22 @@ static int tun_chr_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
         struct tun_file *tfile = file->private_data;
         struct tun_struct *tun;
 
-
-        rtnl_lock();
         tun = __tun_get(tfile);
         if (tun) {
-                DBG(KERN_INFO "%s: tun_chr_close\n", tun->dev->name);
+                struct net_device *dev = tun->dev;
+
+                DBG(KERN_INFO "%s: tun_chr_close\n", dev->name);
 
                 __tun_detach(tun);
 
                 /* If desireable, unregister the netdevice. */
-                if (!(tun->flags & TUN_PERSIST))
-                        unregister_netdevice(tun->dev);
-
+                if (!(tun->flags & TUN_PERSIST)) {
+                        rtnl_lock();
+                        if (dev->reg_state == NETREG_REGISTERED)
+                                unregister_netdevice(dev);
+                        rtnl_unlock();
+                }
         }
-        rtnl_unlock();
 
         tun = tfile->tun;
         if (tun)