1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 08dec6eb922b..e0489ca731c5 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -977,7 +977,12 @@ int register_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 
 int unregister_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
 {
-        return notifier_chain_unregister(&netdev_chain, nb);
+        int err;
+
+        rtnl_lock();
+        err = notifier_chain_unregister(&netdev_chain, nb);
+        rtnl_unlock();
+        return err;
 }
 
 /**