1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 41edc14851e8..2c5f57299d63 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2163,7 +2163,7 @@ static int addrconf_ifdown(struct net_device *dev, int how)
 
         /* Step 5: netlink notification of this interface */
         idev->tstamp = jiffies;
-        inet6_ifinfo_notify(RTM_NEWLINK, idev);
+        inet6_ifinfo_notify(RTM_DELLINK, idev);
         
         /* Shot the device (if unregistered) */