1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index 3e2ddfaee81a..fbf533cc9dce 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -1202,6 +1202,9 @@ module_init(inet6_init);
 
 static void __exit inet6_exit(void)
 {
+        if (disable_ipv6)
+                return;
+
         /* First of all disallow new sockets creation. */
         sock_unregister(PF_INET6);
         /* Disallow any further netlink messages */