1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/sit.c b/net/ipv6/sit.c
index 1ebf99a6776e..d3467e563f02 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/sit.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/sit.c
@@ -1025,9 +1025,9 @@ static int sit_init_net(struct net *net)
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto err_alloc_dev;
         }
+        dev_net_set(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev, net);
 
         ipip6_fb_tunnel_init(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev);
-        dev_net_set(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev, net);
 
         if ((err = register_netdev(sitn->fb_tunnel_dev)))
                 goto err_reg_dev;