1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index a0175edb6589..7cba8845242f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2715,7 +2715,9 @@ static int addrconf_ifdown(struct net_device *dev, int how)
                 }
 
                 __ipv6_ifa_notify(RTM_DELADDR, ifa);
-                atomic_notifier_call_chain(&inet6addr_chain, NETDEV_DOWN, ifa);
+                if (ifa->dead)
+                        atomic_notifier_call_chain(&inet6addr_chain,
+                                                   NETDEV_DOWN, ifa);
                 in6_ifa_put(ifa);
 
                 write_lock_bh(&idev->lock);