Merge tag 'v4.0.8' into xlnx_4.0.8-rt6

[zynq/linux.git] / net / core / rtnetlink.c

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 7ebed55b5f7d1b2d1faacea1a49e7f9e947f43d1..a2b90e1fc115172e15865fe82478288f09f2fe0e 100644 (file)
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2337,6 +2337,9 @@ void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned int change,
 {
        struct sk_buff *skb;
 
+       if (dev->reg_state != NETREG_REGISTERED)
+               return;
+
        skb = rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb(type, dev, change, flags);
        if (skb)
                rtmsg_ifinfo_send(skb, dev, flags);