1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 83231a27ae02..9ab3cfa58466 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2698,7 +2698,8 @@ int dev_ioctl(unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
                                 /* If command is `set a parameter', or
                                  * `get the encoding parameters', check if
                                  * the user has the right to do it */
-                                if (IW_IS_SET(cmd) || cmd == SIOCGIWENCODE) {
+                                if (IW_IS_SET(cmd) || cmd == SIOCGIWENCODE
+                                    || cmd == SIOCGIWENCODEEXT) {
                                         if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
                                                 return -EPERM;
                                 }
@@ -3042,11 +3043,11 @@ void netdev_run_todo(void)
 
                 switch(dev->reg_state) {
                 case NETREG_REGISTERING:
-                        dev->reg_state = NETREG_REGISTERED;
                         err = netdev_register_sysfs(dev);
                         if (err)
                                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed sysfs registration (%d)\n",
                                        dev->name, err);
+                        dev->reg_state = NETREG_REGISTERED;
                         break;
 
                 case NETREG_UNREGISTERING: