1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrlabel.c b/net/ipv6/addrlabel.c
index ae404c9a746c..8c4348cb1950 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrlabel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrlabel.c
@@ -422,10 +422,6 @@ static int ip6addrlbl_newdel(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
             ifal->ifal_prefixlen > 128)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        if (ifal->ifal_index &&
-            !__dev_get_by_index(net, ifal->ifal_index))
-                return -EINVAL;
-
         if (!tb[IFAL_ADDRESS])
                 return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -441,6 +437,10 @@ static int ip6addrlbl_newdel(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 
         switch(nlh->nlmsg_type) {
         case RTM_NEWADDRLABEL:
+                if (ifal->ifal_index &&
+                    !__dev_get_by_index(net, ifal->ifal_index))
+                        return -EINVAL;
+
                 err = ip6addrlbl_add(net, pfx, ifal->ifal_prefixlen,
                                      ifal->ifal_index, label,
                                      nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_REPLACE);