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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.c13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.c
index 529dfd8b7ae8..17399d4aa129 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/main.c
@@ -1445,11 +1445,18 @@ static void mwifiex_uninit_sw(struct mwifiex_adapter *adapter)
if (!priv)
continue;
rtnl_lock();
- wiphy_lock(adapter->wiphy);
if (priv->netdev &&
- priv->wdev.iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED)
+ priv->wdev.iftype != NL80211_IFTYPE_UNSPECIFIED) {
+ /*
+ * Close the netdev now, because if we do it later, the
+ * netdev notifiers will need to acquire the wiphy lock
+ * again --> deadlock.
+ */
+ dev_close(priv->wdev.netdev);
+ wiphy_lock(adapter->wiphy);
mwifiex_del_virtual_intf(adapter->wiphy, &priv->wdev);
- wiphy_unlock(adapter->wiphy);
+ wiphy_unlock(adapter->wiphy);
+ }
rtnl_unlock();
}