1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c b/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
index 6a6433daaf27..2af6e4a90262 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ static int get_fdb_entries(struct net_bridge *br, void __user *userbuf,
         return num;
 }
 
+/* called with RTNL */
 static int add_del_if(struct net_bridge *br, int ifindex, int isadd)
 {
         struct net_device *dev;
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ static int add_del_if(struct net_bridge *br, int ifindex, int isadd)
         if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
                 return -EPERM;
 
-        dev = dev_get_by_index(dev_net(br->dev), ifindex);
+        dev = __dev_get_by_index(dev_net(br->dev), ifindex);
         if (dev == NULL)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -98,7 +99,6 @@ static int add_del_if(struct net_bridge *br, int ifindex, int isadd)
         else
                 ret = br_del_if(br, dev);
 
-        dev_put(dev);
         return ret;
 }