1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 7a2a71536b5d..f6ac65d36559 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -2177,6 +2177,14 @@ static int addrconf_notify(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
         int run_pending = 0;
 
         switch(event) {
+        case NETDEV_REGISTER:
+                if (!idev) {
+                        idev = ipv6_add_dev(dev);
+                        if (!idev)
+                                printk(KERN_WARNING "IPv6: add_dev failed for %s\n",
+                                        dev->name);
+                }
+                break;
         case NETDEV_UP:
         case NETDEV_CHANGE:
                 if (event == NETDEV_UP) {