1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 9b0a90643151..171e5b55d7d6 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -413,8 +413,6 @@ static struct inet6_dev * ipv6_add_dev(struct net_device *dev)
         if (netif_carrier_ok(dev))
                 ndev->if_flags |= IF_READY;
 
-        /* protected by rtnl_lock */
-        rcu_assign_pointer(dev->ip6_ptr, ndev);
 
         ipv6_mc_init_dev(ndev);
         ndev->tstamp = jiffies;
@@ -425,6 +423,8 @@ static struct inet6_dev * ipv6_add_dev(struct net_device *dev)
                               NULL);
         addrconf_sysctl_register(ndev, &ndev->cnf);
 #endif
+        /* protected by rtnl_lock */
+        rcu_assign_pointer(dev->ip6_ptr, ndev);
         return ndev;
 }