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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index f8dedb623dc..90449a0f2a6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -5039,6 +5039,14 @@ static int __init bonding_init(void)
return 0;
out_err:
+ /*
+ * rtnl_unlock() will run netdev_run_todo(), putting the
+ * thus-far-registered bonding devices into a state which
+ * unregigister_netdevice() will accept
+ */
+ rtnl_unlock();
+ rtnl_lock();
+
/* free and unregister all bonds that were successfully added */
bond_free_all();