1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
index c50fdeed9e85..1525e8a89844 100644
--- a/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
+++ b/drivers/net/via-velocity.c
@@ -3464,6 +3464,9 @@ static int velocity_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long notifi
         struct velocity_info *vptr;
         unsigned long flags;
 
+        if (dev->nd_net != &init_net)
+                return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
         spin_lock_irqsave(&velocity_dev_list_lock, flags);
         list_for_each_entry(vptr, &velocity_dev_list, list) {
                 if (vptr->dev == dev) {