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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 856b6ee9a1d5..92009440d28b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1284,11 +1284,13 @@ static int dev_close_many(struct list_head *head)
*/
int dev_close(struct net_device *dev)
{
- LIST_HEAD(single);
+ if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
+ LIST_HEAD(single);
- list_add(&dev->unreg_list, &single);
- dev_close_many(&single);
- list_del(&single);
+ list_add(&dev->unreg_list, &single);
+ dev_close_many(&single);
+ list_del(&single);
+ }
return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_close);