1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index c3c7b27c112d..fc75c9e461b8 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -1284,15 +1284,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__netpoll_free_async);
 
 void netpoll_cleanup(struct netpoll *np)
 {
-        if (!np->dev)
-                return;
-
         rtnl_lock();
+        if (!np->dev)
+                goto out;
         __netpoll_cleanup(np);
-        rtnl_unlock();
-
         dev_put(np->dev);
         np->dev = NULL;
+out:
+        rtnl_unlock();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netpoll_cleanup);