1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index 8d918348f5bb..2b9e3bb7da65 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -999,7 +999,8 @@ ip6ip6_tnl_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *ifr, int cmd)
                                 break;
                         dev = t->dev;
                 }
-                err = unregister_netdevice(dev);
+                err = 0;
+                unregister_netdevice(dev);
                 break;
         default:
                 err = -EINVAL;