1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 0ef0eb0db945..0fc9dc7f20db 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -788,6 +788,10 @@ static int macvlan_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
                 }
                 break;
         case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
+                /* twiddle thumbs on netns device moves */
+                if (dev->reg_state != NETREG_UNREGISTERING)
+                        break;
+
                 list_for_each_entry_safe(vlan, next, &port->vlans, list)
                         vlan->dev->rtnl_link_ops->dellink(vlan->dev, NULL);
                 break;