1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/core.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/core.c
index 055fbb71ba6f..dfd3c6007f60 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/core.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan/core.c
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ static void lowpan_setup(struct net_device *dev)
         dev->header_ops         = &lowpan_header_ops;
         dev->ml_priv            = &lowpan_mlme;
         dev->destructor         = free_netdev;
+        dev->features           |= NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL;
 }
 
 static int lowpan_validate(struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
@@ -148,10 +149,11 @@ static int lowpan_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 
         pr_debug("adding new link\n");
 
-        if (!tb[IFLA_LINK])
+        if (!tb[IFLA_LINK] ||
+            !net_eq(dev_net(dev), &init_net))
                 return -EINVAL;
         /* find and hold real wpan device */
-        real_dev = dev_get_by_index(src_net, nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_LINK]));
+        real_dev = dev_get_by_index(dev_net(dev), nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_LINK]));
         if (!real_dev)
                 return -ENODEV;
         if (real_dev->type != ARPHRD_IEEE802154) {